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Dwayne Andreas' High Fructose Corn Syrup
Dwayne Andreas was close with President Carter. He proposed solving the energy crisis with ethanol, a super pure form of alcohol made from corn. Ethanol could be mixed with gasoline and used as fuel which could help stretch the US's oil supply further. But at some point, every crisis comes to an end. Gas prices go from the stratosphere down to really cheap again. And that meant the American president Jimmy Carter had a problem he needed solved quickly.