Corn Flakes Aren't Just for Breakfast Any More

...According to the folks at the UAA Sustainability fair, it's also good for eating our breakfast out of. When I played witness to this modern miracle, my first inquiry was to ask about the adverse effects of corn dishware. After all, everything had bad along with the good, right?
Right. When I asked the presenter this question, she stumbled and really had no idea. Now, I won't blame her, but I will admit that it'was a bit disappointing that she came prepared only to pitch the wonderful things about this end of sustainability. To me, that's like the doctor who endorses the next wonder drug without paying heed to whether or not it causes liver damage.
A bit of light internet sleuthing found the apparent answer: Cost. I don't quite recall the numbers(You can use Google just as well as I can.) but it turns out that these Biodegradable products are more expensive than regular cheap plastic, incredibly more so. Now, is that simply the cost of saving our planet, or is it an unnessesary expense? Hmmmm.
I also wonder if these products have any ill effects on the the human body or the food that they will one day hold. I doubt it, but one never knows.
However skeptical I may be, I do see the merit in the efforts of people who are trying to improve our planet, as opposed to those that are either doing nothing, or knowingly endangering it.
So, I say "Bravo!" to the scientific minds that came up with the idea, and I say "keep on trying."
As for the fair itself, I got to see something that I otherwise might not've bothered to get to.
I'm not a big fan of sustainability fairs and the like in general, but this time I gave in and made didgeridoos with the hippies. 'Twas great fun, although I still question what is so sustainable about making didgeridoos from PVC pipe. Hmmmmm.
(unedited.mind)