Where were potatoes first grown?
Potatoes were first domesticated in the Andes Mountains of South America, in what's now Peru and Bolivia, thousands of years ago.
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- Is corn used for fuel?
“Much of the US corn crop is used to make ethanol fuel.”
Reference: US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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Where was corn first domesticated?
Corn (maize) was first domesticated about 9,000 years ago in southern Mexico from a wild grass called teosinte.
Energy consumption in the U.S.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, electricity consumption will increase by 51 percent from 2002 to 2025.