meehawl

all that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned

Category: corn

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corn / corporate welfare / ethanol

Corn Welfare

[Brazil] already churns out what many consider to be the world’s cheapest and most efficient mass-produced biofuel … In the United States, a 54 cent-per-gallon tax blocks most Brazilian ethanol from reaching U.S. consumers....

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corn / energy / ethanol / food / peak oil

Peak Corn

In 1974-2005 food prices on world markets fell by three-quarters in real terms … Since the spring, wheat prices have doubled and almost every crop under the sun—maize, milk, oilseeds, you name it—is at...