It’s the ethanol in gas, hand soap, adhesives, chewing gum, paints and fireworks, most medication, makeup and so on and so on.
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If the TV show The West Wing taught me something about corn in America, it’s that the subsidising of corn farming by the American government is extremely politicised, and not supporting these subsidies would be political suicide for any politician.
So as a result America grows way more corn than they need, and need to find all sorts of ways to use it, including fuelling the obesity epidemic by putting high fructose corn syrup in as many foods as possible.
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