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No. Coal, natural gas, and oil are examples of fossil fuels, as they are the products of organic material that was buried for millions of years. Alcohol is derived from corn, and considered a biofuel.
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∙ 12y agoobviously corn can be used as a food but if it dry then it is possible to use it as a fuel although i doubt that it would be very good
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What is corn products used for?
Corn products are used for eating and to fuel a variety of machines and other items.
What is a good fact?
corn is now used for fuel!
What is in corn to be used as fuel in automobiles?
Alcohol, after fermentation
What can you use maize for?
Maize is a kind of grain used mainly to feed livestock. In the US it's called "corn". A lesser amount is used for food products like corn tortillas, corn meal, and corn chips. The sweeter kind, called sweet corn, is also a popular food item in the US.
What is sweetcorn good for?
Human consumption. Cattle Feed. Corn Syrup. Grease. Fuel. Additives. Sweeteners.
What are uses of corn dehusker?
Corn is used a food. Corn leafs or covers and its cores are used in ovens to get fire or heat.
Can corn oil be used for diesel fuel?
Straight corn oil cannot be used directly as a fuel in any engines. It must first be refined in a similar way to the crude oil which comes from underground oil wells. One way is to use the corn oil as the raw material for the production of a fuel suitable for internal combustion engines: first ferment the corn oil and then distil the resulting "brew" to make ethanol. Ethanol is an alcohol that can be used directly as a fuel for gasoline engines and it can also be used as a good "fuel supplement" when mixed - in small amounts - with the normal diesel fuel that is used for diesel engines.
Which was the most important crop in America by 1860 Wheat Corn Tobacco or Cotton?
In the US, corn is the most produced food crop. Corn a major food used for livestock.
Can unwanted food be used as fuel?
No, unwanted foods can't be used as fuel!
Why is ethanol not used as a fuel for cars in India?
Food crops are more valuable as food in India than as a source of fuel. Corn, especially, is subsidized in the US to make it overly competitive against foreign sources of sucrose/glucose. That's why soda in the US has corn syrup instead of sugar, when the same soda in every other country in the world is made with cane or beet sugar.
What crop grown in South Dakota gets turned into fuel?
Corn, primarily; it gets turned into ethanol which is used as fuel.
What was corn used for in the colonial times?
Corn has is being used for trade. Also, for food.
