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Old 08-18-2011, 10:34 AM
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Peckish
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Originally Posted by ube quilting
This is off subject but about another use for corn. A little factoid about corn and ethinol. The amount of corn it takes to fill a gas tank one time with E-fuel can feed one person for a year. This doesn't seem rational to me. Corn should be for feeding people!
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Exactly. This is one of the many reasons Egypt had all those riots - the cost of food went up. Between corn being used for fuel and QE2, the price of food worldwide exploded, and third-world countries around the globe are feeling it. Very sad.
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