1. Ethanol is already one of the most coddled and protected industries in America. Before even pulling into the filling station American taxpayers have already paid between $1.04 and $1.45 in government subsidies for each gallon of ethanol, according to a report from the Global Subsidies Initiative. That adds up to an annual total of about $6 billion. Read more here in today's NY Sun.2. Skyrocketing prices for corn on the world market have pushed up the price of the humble tortilla, the mainstay of the Mexican diet, by nearly a third in the past three weeks, to 35 cents a pound in Mexico City and even higher in other parts of the country. Some economists blame the increased demand for corn from ethanol plants in the United States, and it is true corn prices in the States last week reached their highest point in a decade (see graph above). Read more from NY Times article Cost of Corn Soars, Forcing Mexico to Set Price Limits.
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