In its own way, corn is ruining the world. Don’t get me wrong – I love a good ear, preferably grilled, but it’s ruining the world. Subsidized heavily, we have to resort to making corn syrup to handle the corn surplus, which I am convinced is one reason Americans are getting so fat. Additionally, the subsidy makes it difficult for developing countries to compete on the world market and for now, the green-for-vote minded politicians in this country are espousing the merits of corn-based ethanol, despite the relatively short-term quality of that solution. Corn is not going to solve the energy crisis, and according to a friend who formerly worked in the automotive industry, corn is inefficient. It takes three units of petroleum-fueled power to produce one unit of corn-based ethanol. The upside is corn-based ethanol is part of the carbon cycle – at least the damn plants are absorbing some carbon as they grow, you know, before we use all that petroleum to make it into something that can burn and spark.

Of course, all this talk about corn reminds of the infamous “Corn Experiment” – if a person consumes only corn and water for three days, will he defecate ONLY corn? This would certainly help us to eat more corn if the masses decided to find out for themselves. More information and poo-terminology at MrPoop.com.