All you do is cluster the corn-oil units around biodiesel plants that use another money-saving GreenShift innovation: a "continuous base catalyst reaction" system that relies on a "proprietary process intensification and advanced separation technologies"--whatever those are.
Mr Rich had brought along some samples of his new invention, a concoction of soy-oil shortening, isolated soya protein, corn syrup and water, in the hopes of persuading them that this could taste as yummy, and whip as lightly, as heavy cream.
The American Heart Association recommends consuming both omega-3 fatty acids, found in cold-water fish like salmon and canola oil, and omega-6 fatty acids, found in nuts, seeds and vegetable oils such as corn oil.
Economically, artificially-created fuel demand for corn, soybean oil, grease, and other inputs drives up the input prices for food and consumer products such like french fries, soaps, detergents, hair conditioners, eggs, dairy, and sweeteners.
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In 2011, he took the position of chairman at Shenzhen-listed Xiwang Foodstuffs, the first listed corn oil company in China.
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Orange juice, corn, soybeans and palm oil have all stretched to near three-year highs in the past week or so.
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To diffuse this risk Partridge assembles a broad mix that includes foreign and domestic stock indexes, credit-default swaps and futures on commodities like crude oil, cattle, hogs and corn.
In the meantime, Wendy's (nyse: WEN - news - people ) is training its workers to use the corn and soy oil concoction, which has a shorter shelf life than the old version.
The twin subsidy-slashing measures may result in a major lobbying battle between King Corn and Big Oil.
In fact, it's not far-fetched to imagine a perfect storm in which low-priced oil coincides with climbing natural gas prices just as a drought hits the Midwest, ravaging the corn crop.
And investors and policy wonks alike are trumpeting the corn-based fuel as the solution to climate change and America's dependence on Mideast oil.
Ethanol was making investors giddy last year when oil prices were high, corn prices were low and ethanol producers like Archer Daniels Midland (nyse: ADM - news - people ) and small farmer cooperatives were reaping huge profits distilling corn mash into fuel.
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