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		maxerickson on June 15, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scientists make plastic from a sugar and carbon di... There's 20+ pounds of corn in a gallon of ethanol. That gives popcorn quite a bit of runway (it isn't the same corn, but I guess the dollars/acre work out okay for popcorn).

chicob on June 18, 2017 [–]

Maybe popcorn was a bad example, but biofuels do drive food prices.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN28615016

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