美国国会参议院近日以73票赞成、27票反对的结果通过了一项修正案,要求政府终止对玉米乙醇工业提供每年高达60亿美元的补贴。美国人对玉米乙醇的补贴由来已久。1973年,阿拉伯人对西方国家实行石油禁运,当时美国政府在主要玉米种植带开始补贴玉米乙醇。几年之后,这种补贴做法由联邦政府立法推至全国。1978年《能源税收法案》出台,该法案为抑制石油消费,鼓 The U.S. Senate recently adopted an amendment endorsing the result of 73 votes in favor and 27 against it, demanding that the government terminate the subsidy of up to 6 billion U.S. dollars a year to the corn ethanol industry. Americans subsidize corn ethanol for a long time. In 1973, the Arabs imposed oil embargoes on Western countries when the U.S. government started subsidizing corn ethanol in the main corn belt. A few years later, this subsidy approach was pushed to the country by federal government legislation. 1978 “Energy Tax Act” was introduced, the bill for the suppression of oil consumption, drums