The company is not interested in using corn as feedstock, given the much-publicisedproblems created by using food crops for fuel, such as the tortilla inflation that recently caused food riots in Mexico City. Instead, different types of agricultural waste will be used according to whatever makes sensefor the local climate and economy: wheat straw in California, for example, or woodchips in the South. (from The Times, June 14,2008)
该公司无意用玉米作给料，是考虑到使用粮食作为燃料会引起民众所周知的许多问题，例如最近在墨西哥城因玉米粉圆饼价格飞涨引起了食品骚乱。公司将根据是否对当地气候与经济发展有意义转而利用不同的农业废弃物，例如加利福尼亚的麦秆，或者是南方的木屑。（选自《英语世界》，2010年第9期，黄明成 译， 楚京 校注， 有改动）
