[Morrigoon]

But getting back to HFCS and the argument in favor of sugar...


What we're really talking about here is not so much the population who wishes to lose weight and/or is willing to go out of their way to eat healthier. We're talking about the average American, who is going to continue eating the same crap as ever. These are the people for whom trans fats are getting banned. We know they're (we're) going to eat crap, so we're going to make crap a tad better (and in the process, as luck would have it, better tasting) by going back to the source and away from the stuff we've "developed" to make crap cheaper, which has had the side effect of making it crappier.

Returning sugar to our sodas means that those people who aren't inclined to avoid soda for its own sake will at least be able to feel fuller on a smaller amount of the stuff, hopefully preventing them from getting up for a refill, or causing them to stop eating the fries once they're cold because they're full now. Baby steps.

And that frees up corn for fuel production. Just sayin'.