VIDEO: King Corn

NEWSFLASH--

The Green Revolution is in full swing, America. Today, Al Gore won the Nobel Peace prize for his work in educating the world (re: America) about the looming devastation of global warming. Things are looking bright...or are they?

What's the latest threat to the Greening of America? Corn. That's right. The super fuel of the future is in such high surplus in the US that we're coming up with new ways to use the stuff...of course, to the detriment of the American people.

At least that what the makers of the movie King Corn want you to think.

From Treehugger.com:

“If you take a McDonald’s meal, you don’t realize it when you eat it, but you’re eating corn. Beef has been corn-fed. Soda is corn. Even the French fries. Half the calories in the French fries come from the fat they’re fried in, which is liable to be either corn oil or soy oil. So when you’re at McDonald’s, you’re eating Iowa food. Everything on your plate is corn.” —Michael Pollan in King Corn

Let's join the debate, people. The last thing we want to do is replace one evil empire with another...