Gas prices? What about the price of turkeys? My local grocery chain was selling Butterball turkeys for $1.59/pound. Outrageous! I live in the number 1 turkey producing state in the country. I have never paid over a $1.00/pound for a turkey unless if was stuffed, cooked and served to me by a waitress type person.
The reason for the increase in turkey prices is the rising cost to feed turkeys. Turkeys eat a lot of corn and in this country we grow a lot of corn. Ever driven through Iowa, Illinois or Nebraska? Corn everywhere. Corn as far as the eye can see. We're up to our ears in ears. So how can there be a shortage of corn to feed the turkeys?
Ethanol!
Yes folks, ethanol (ethyl alcohol). Instead of drinking alcohol like God intended, we are running our internal combustion engines on the stuff. Corn is being distilled and added to gasoline creating a shortage of corn and increasing the price of turkey feed. But that's a good thing because ethanol reduces our reliance on expensive foreign oil. We may spend a few more dollars at the grocery store this Thanksgiving for our turkeys and canned Nibblets but we can give thanks that corn is being used to power our cars and to keep the price of gasoline low. Yeah, good ol' corn. Um, uh what was the topic of this post?
Alternative Fuels. Bad Corn/Good Corn
