An interesting article posted on organicconsumers.org reports on the idea that the process of production corn-based ethanol as an alternative to gasoline has actually been a corporate profiteering idea rather than a means to reduce greenhouse pollutions. This is disheartening to be sure, and a very interesting situation to read about, without a doubt.

Organicconsumers.org reports the story in an interesting way, and it is one well-worth reading. For a taste, start here with the fact that, “ethanol’s revival is intimately linked to one company, the giant grain-trading firm Archer Daniels Midland, and one seemingly unrelated product, high-fructose corn syrup. The story centers on a man who arguably counts as corporate America’s most generous and influential political donor of the second half of the 20th century, former ADM CEO Dwayne Andreas. To understand the weird and lucrative nexus between an industrial sweetener, a gas substitute, and a grain magnate, we need to go back to the days of disco.”