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Coke anyone?

Unread postby smiley » Mon 12 Mar 2007, 18:59:11

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Corn prices making Coke gulp March 12 2007: 1:29 PM EDT
CHICAGO (Reuters) -- Coca-Cola may investigate alternatives to high fructose corn syrup, its main sweetener in the U.S. market, because of high corn prices, a company executive said Monday.
"The price increases that we're seeing for corn and high fructose corn syrup are unlike we've seen in many a year. We're clearly feeling the pinch and it's been tough," said Scott Young, a food service division executive at the company. <snip>
Corn prices have recently soared as more of the crop is diverted to use in ethanol, the gasoline additive that has become more popular in the wake of higher fuel prices and increasing interest in cleaner-burning fuels.

cnn

That must be a tough choice for the Americans. I mean the choice between driving and some starving Mexicans is easy. But between driving and coke?
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Re: Coke anyone?

Unread postby steam_cannon » Mon 12 Mar 2007, 19:29:25

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Burns: "Why it's like taking candy from a baby and putting it in my gas tank!"
Smithers: "All that sugar wasn't good for them anyway sir."
Burns: "It's too bad though, I heard coke was good for cleaning blood off the highway."
Smithers: "That's just an Urban Legend sir."
Burns: "What, like you being straight?"
Smithers: "Um, lets get back to talking about the end of the oil age sir."

Image Homer: "Hehehe, they even look like bottles of oil!"
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Re: Coke anyone?

Unread postby ColossalContrarian » Mon 12 Mar 2007, 19:34:09

Coke from sugarcane taste better IMO.

Knowing my luck that'll be tuned into fuel also... PRIORITIES SHEEPLE!!!
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Re: Coke anyone?

Unread postby steam_cannon » Mon 12 Mar 2007, 19:48:41

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sabibaby', 'C')oke from sugarcane taste better IMO.

Knowing my luck that'll be tuned into fuel also... PRIORITIES SHEEPLE!!!
Coke made with real sugar does taste better IMO also :-D But with Brazil making Ethanol from sugar cane, I bet prices for real sugar on the shelf will start rising and same for the soda drinks...

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The president of Brazil driving an SUV that runs on Ethanol, Gas, Natural Gas or Cola(joking). But it is amusing, the thing looks like polished up Mad Max creation! Kind of like something out of a doomer porn, a polished armored vehicle that can run on anything available at the pump.
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Re: Coke anyone?

Unread postby SILENTTODD » Mon 12 Mar 2007, 21:15:16

Switch to Beer. It’s healthier for you. Has fewer Calories!
Skeptical scrutiny in both Science and Religion is the means by which deep thoughts are winnowed from deep nonsense-Carl Sagan
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Re: Coke anyone?

Unread postby dukey » Mon 12 Mar 2007, 21:33:34

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Re: Coke anyone?

Unread postby retiredguy » Mon 12 Mar 2007, 21:54:22

Dukey, you are a baaaaad boy.
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Re: Coke anyone?

Unread postby ProfitOfDoom » Mon 12 Mar 2007, 22:51:55

Where did you get that picture of Stevie?
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Re: Coke anyone?

Unread postby Colorado-Valley » Tue 13 Mar 2007, 02:52:42

So why not just cocaine back in Coke and forget the damn corn syrup?

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Re: Coke anyone?

Unread postby IanC » Tue 13 Mar 2007, 11:01:31

Nice picture, Dukey. Very '80s - especially the hair. I think today we would have a bottle of Oxycontin or a pipe with meth in it.

The whole ethanol thing is hysterical. I can't wait to see what the next miracle fuel is going to be.

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