tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210192015822562732.post2269394657951119190..comments2024-02-19T03:16:14.001-07:00Comments on Life Among The Econ: What to Do with All This Darned CornLarry Eubankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566964700226634137noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210192015822562732.post-77422929271231093432010-04-10T12:03:16.576-06:002010-04-10T12:03:16.576-06:00Here's an idea...Why don't we leave the co...Here's an idea...Why don't we leave the corn farmers alone to do what they will with their corn. Remove the tariff on sugar, stop paying farmers to do nothing, and remove regulation. It's a pretty good guarantee that if farmers can't sell their corn, due to low demand, they will find something else to plant. If they can sell their corn (to someone other than the government) then Annette Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861388558421945264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210192015822562732.post-48610369363979340232010-04-06T11:03:58.114-06:002010-04-06T11:03:58.114-06:00Unfortunately, as you noted for ethanol, to make c...Unfortunately, as you noted for ethanol, to make corn plastics it takes more fossil fuels than a regular plastic. Many use GMO's. Also there are only 100 locations in the US where corn plastics can be disposed of properly so they can break down- commercial and municipal composts. So they end up in landfills where they will take 400-500 yrs to break down.A major food company went chapter 11 Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760685622076522533noreply@blogger.com