Percent of Cropland Used for Biofuels in the U.S.



BIOFUELS LAND USE TOTALS:
Ten percent of U.S. cropland acreage is devoted towards ethanol/biofuels production. This is some of the very best, richest soil in the world, requiring expensive corporate inputs backed by taxpayer subsidies, and, requiring water, including large amounts of fossil aquifer water. This amounts to 38.1 million acres, according to Bloomberg.

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