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You Eat Petroleum Every Day

By Stuart Buck, Esq.

If you're a typical American, that is. I was just recently wondering what's the difference between hydrocarbons and carbohydrates -- two things that seem very different, but that both involve carbon and hydrogen. Apparently the main difference is that carbohydrates typically include oxygen in the mix, but they're obviously close cousins, or else we wouldn't be able to turn corn into ethanol. So then I started wondering if petroleum and related products might be edible, and if so, how? Completely fortuitously, I then happened to read the book Twinkie, Deconstructed this week -- an excellent read if you've ever wondered where most of the ingredients in processed food come from. Turns out that many of the ingredients in our food do indeed come directly from (or are manufactured using) petroleum, coal tar, natural gas, etc...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on March 06, 2009 (boomark / email).