Spat. Anal. of US Ethanol Production Infrastructure Vulnerability to Flooding

7 8 9 Abstract 10 Early-growing season, long duration floods are harmful to the cultivation of maize, the 11 source of 80% of the US bioethanol fuel. Due to the centrality of this industry to US 12 government efforts to bolster domestic energy production, Midwest flooding has 13 implications for US energy production. This paper uses spatial statistics to characterize 14 the spatial distribution of ethanol plants relative to maize production in twelve 15