90 2000 2010 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 Area Planted (MM Acres) Area Harvested (MM Acres) Yield (Bushels/Acre) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 1980 1990 2000 Exports Fuel Ethanol Food, Industrial and Seed Feed & Residual Required Corn Production Source: USDA and Purvin & Gertz Source: USDA Bu/Acre 10 APIC 2009 Global coal consumption is rising even more rapidly than petroleum. 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 Other Industry Power Global Coal Consumption Million T/Y ?Emerging markets demand coal to meet mostly power needs. ?Coal consumption is up over 1 billion tonnes per year in five years. ?What does this rush of coal consumption do to GHG targets? ?Can consumption increases at this rate continue to be supplied? Note: Bituminous Equivalent Coal