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Originally Posted by lurkette
I just heard a report on NPR (sponsored by Nabisco or something) that predicted food prices would rise by 50% in the next 10 years, in part because of ethanol but also because of increased demand driven by population increases in China and India.
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As a counter-argument, there was this letter-to-the-editor in Time magazine on July 16th:
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As a farmer I found it interesting that you would attempt to scare the American customer into believing that making our own fuel out of corn - ethanol - would drive up the price of other products. For example, a box of cornflakes contains only a few cents' worth of corn. I would hope that we would all be comfortable spending a few extra cents on a $4 box of cereal. What a small price to pay to help in our quest for energy independence.
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I can't back up his statistics, but I found it interesting.
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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
What if the United States stopped producing high fructose corn syrup is the real question.
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Yeah, that's my fantasy as well. It's hard to find drinks that use actual sugar, not HFCS.