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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:44 PM Original message |
Cargill nets deal in Taiwan (55 million in EXPORTS of environmentally friendly for the USA) |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gave it a rec. Might be the only one, since it's Evil Cargill, but good for Nebraska. |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah, it's Cargill, I'm sure it will turn out to be toxic in some way. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. I forget where I saw such plastic containers used, but made of corn instead of |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. There's no shortage of corn, for anyone who wants to buy it. I expect that's why... |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It's not so much the shortage but the energy expended to grow it. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's like saying we shouldn't make cars because of the energy is takes to make them. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Good point. Perhaps we shouldn't. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I guess I have trouble following this line of thinking. I've heard it before. |
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