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[-] Taldan@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

Corn syrup is better than our other main use for it: Ethanol

Problem is that we have such extreme subsidies that vast swaths of farmers are now entirely reliant on corn subsidies. We make far more corn than we have any use for because of it

No politician wants to be the one to take away the insane corn subsidies because a whole lot of farmers will be upset, and the American public is generally unaware of how wasteful the subsidies are

[-] Logh@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

What’s wrong with ethanol?

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