[jiggyboy]

Experts are warning that mandating use of bio-fuel energy (such as ethanol) by companies is increasing inflation.

This is its intent. Raise the price of everything via higher gasoline costs, also raise the cost of food and fuel, then invoke the anti-inflation god via the familiar "excluding volatile food and energy prices" chant, and abra cadabra!: a higher proportion of actual inflation is waved away than would have been.

[Mr. Lucky]

Well, the New York Time's "experts" are idiots.

The price of corn hit $5.00 per bushel in July of 1996; it closed Friday on the CBOT at $4.00.