Corn Ethanol: King of the Alternative Bio-Fuels
Corn Ethanol is the King of the Alternative Bio-Fuels Maize Corn was first domesticated 9,000 years ago in what is today southern Mexico by Indigenous Native Americans. Cinteotl and Chicomecoatl were the primary Aztec Maize Corn deities. Maize Corn was planted as part of the Native American Three Sisters polyculture that included squash, maize corn, and the climbing or common bean. Called "Indian Corn" by Europeans, it was a major crop of the Columbian Exchange of the 1500's that introduced various crops and livestock between the different continents and cultures, and has since surpasses wheat and rice in worldwide production. In 2020, total world production of Maize Corn was 1.16 billion tonnes, with the United States and China, together, producing half of the world's Maize Corn. Maize Corn is a staple and primary food source in the diets of billions of people, with a wide-range of culinary recipe uses. Maize Corn can be distilled into Bourbon Whiskey, White Lightnin...