Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first time since records began

Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by lettergram on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:44PM (#20307583)

Most of the corn in Illinois goes to feed, stuff that can’t go to feed is turned to ethanol. 2% goes to human consumption directly.

Also soy and corn is far from useless, these are considered two of the worlds staple crops. You’d likely starve to death without farming: wheat, corn, and soy. Even if you don’t eat it directly it what enables food to be affordable.

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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by eecc on Friday June 28, 2019 @04:06PM (#20308337)

Ah yes, the famous corn fed to cows that then bloat because they can't digest it and need antibiotics to survive.

Brilliant.

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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by xnyan on Saturday June 29, 2019 @02:13PM (#20313943)

It's the cheapest way to do it. Not saying it's the best way, but in studying history I've noticed that cheapest (particularly in food) tends to win in terms of production.

It's a real problem but I don't see how a snarky comment comes off as anything but rude or uninformative.

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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by eecc on Saturday June 29, 2019 @03:49PM (#20314411)

I guess it's only cheap because the corn is subsidized, and the societal cost of all that junk food is too finely dispersed to notice.

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