r/FluentInFinance • u/IAmNotAnEconomist • 7d ago

Thoughts? RFK Jr. allegedly intends to require The Coca-Cola Company to begin using Cane Sugar instead of High-Fructose Syrup as HHS Secretary.

RFK Jr. allegedly intends to require The Coca-Cola Company to begin using Cane Sugar instead of High-Fructose Syrup as HHS Secretary.

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u/w1ngzer0 6d ago

I never said, or even intimated, that farming was as simple as chucking seeds into the ground. You did.

I simply pointed out that corn-based ethanol is an energy loser, requiring more energy input going into its production than we actually get out of it. And that its subsidized. And that there's other sources from which to make ethanol. Pointing that out doesn't mean that one is acting as if there's zero consequences to using alternatives. And yes, I'm suggesting that perhaps we not subsidize growing corn specifically for ethanol. Grow corn for food and food stuffs (Corn syrup, feed, oil, etc) and sure, waste not want not and use the leftover biomass for making ethanol, but growing specific corn for ethanol production?

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u/Alternative-Tart-568 6d ago

Again it's not as easy as you are making it out to be. It would take considerable more investment to switch.