Ethanol and junk food hit new roadblock in corn prices

It’s called $6/bushel corn.

Even though gas prices continue to rise, corn prices like this will push corn-based ethanol even higber. And, those Twinkies, Pop-Tarts and doorknob knows what else that are filled with high-fructose corn syrup, “regular” corn syrup, and various corn-derived gums, fillers and binders, just got a little more expensive.

This would be the IDEAL time to end the economic embargo of Cuba and get some more real sugar in America.

(It would also be the ideal time for about 200 million Americans to stop eating so freaking much junk food.)

But, that’s not all. Since corn-fed beef, pork and chicken fuel our Concentrated Animal Feedlot Operations livestock agriculture, your Big Mac, Whopper or Chick-fil-A sandwich is going to get more and more expensive too.

(That said, it would also be the ideal time for about 200 million Americans to stop eating so much fast food.)