From Credo Action — Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street banks have gotten involved in the production and
distribution of physical commodities — things like aluminum,
oil, electric power, and
even uranium yellowcake.
Those include using a mandolin for thin,
even slices, giving the slices a soak in water to get rid of some of the starch, and brushing on the
oil with a brush for
even distribution.
Gary Schnitkey, Darrel Good, and Paul Ellinger, «Crude
Oil Price Variability and Its Impact on Break —
Even Corn Prices,» Farm Business Management, 30 May 2007; 2006 grain used for ethanol from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS), Feed Grains Database, at www.ers.usda.gov, updated 28 September 2007; 2006 grain harvest from USDA, Production, Supply and
Distribution, electronic database at www.fas.usda.gov/psdonline, updated 12 September 2007; 2008 ethanol requirement from Renewable Fuels Association, «Ethanol Biorefinery Locations,» at www.ethanolrfa.org, updated 28 September 2007; 2008 grain harvest from Interagency Agricultural Projections Committee, Agricultural Projections to 2016 (Washington, DC: USDA, February 2007).