Food Prices a ‘Runaway Freight Train’

Now that the big U.S. energy bill has passed, get ready for a corn explosion, one that almost certainly will drive the markets in all kinds of unintended directions.

Most of the media focused on mandates in the bill for higher mileage standards and the end of incandescent light bulbs. But the effect of the energy bill on food will be deeply felt across the economy.

"This is like a runaway freight train,â€