Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 04/11/2008 9:51:22 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
Energy: The world's poor are learning what happens when government subsidizes the burning of food. It's time to end this madness and let the market decide if any biofuels make sense.
For most Americans, the rising prices at the supermarket are definitely an annoyance, but hardly a threat to life and health. It's a different story in countries like Haiti, where food inflation has led to real hunger and, last week, to riots.
News reports say the poorest Haitians are trying to get by on cookies made with dirt, vegetable oil and salt. Food riots also have roiled Egypt and led to a general strike in Burkina Faso in West Africa. The high cost of corn, wheat, soybeans and other basics of the world's diet could soon start bringing down governments.
It already has set back the fight to reduce global poverty. World Bank Chairman Robert Zoellick estimates that "the effect of this food crisis on poverty reduction worldwide is on the order of seven lost years."
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Oh, that’s the very best kind! When we were kids we used to use bacon grease. It tastes wonderful, but is to cholesterol ridden for old folks like hubby and I.
Egypt an Arab nation having food riots over our needs to lessen our dependence on Arab oil is kind of funny.
What will the muzzies eat as we we devote ever more acreage to produce crops that we can use to lessen our exposure to OPEC?
But would life be worth living in that enviroment-with that many people. I have seen the population of the United States double in my lifetime from 150 million to 300 Million. Some say by 2030 we will be at 400 million. What advantage is this? Are we going to destroy all of our wilderness and wildlife areas? What kind of a place would we have? All of the major cities in the Unites States are sewers-at least in the core areas. And you want to add 100 million?
“For most Americans, the rising prices at the supermarket are definitely an annoyance, but hardly a threat to life and health.”
It’s not a threat to our life and health YET, but who knows what the future will bring.
I’m gradually stockpiling some extra food, just in case.
Everyone in the entire world could fit in the State of Texas, so I wouldn’t worry just yet. :)
The Iowa caucus is long past.It is time for the US Senate to scuttle the anti-American,economy-wrecking,envirowacko butt-kissing,multibillion dollar maize subsidies they shoved down our tax-paying throats in order to get the corn hustling Hawkeyes to pick two of their own egomaniacs for president.
Sure the bribe worked,but it can at least be suspended until the next presidential season approaches.
You know,for the good of the country you ignoble one hundred?
LIKE WHAT WE PAY YOU FOR!!!
Bingo.... I loves showing libs that. Their minds can’t take the math.
Eco-fascists have murdered more people than Hitler.
I think the first thing that needs to happen is to have an honest approach to the argument. Lets start with this, these people were hungry before ethanol started and will be even if we ended it today. If anyone dislikes the ethanol business, argue against it because of efficiencies or something more effective. This burning food argument doesn’t fly with most people. Especially when you see the same people driving around in suvs going nowhere burning $3.50/gal gas talking on a $100/month cell phone. Speculators and oil has driven the price of food up more than ethanol. Any of you have stocks in ag, oil, shipping or supporting businesses, if you do and mean what you say, you need to sell and walk the talk. There are a lot of things that can be done but lets at least be upfront and honest about it.
Amen!
Thank you! I wanted to bring this up, but didn't quite know how. I have no gardening space at present, not even a suitable location for containers. I see so many residences around here that use land that could be a garden for grass or "landscaping." Of course, most of these homeowners don't even take care of their own yards, but have the noise-polluting "gardeners" come in and do it for them. They are wasting money and a valuable survival resource: the earth itself.
“ethanol and hunger”
or, the ill-conceived, arrogant, pseudo-intellectual, childish policies of a bunch of adolescent liberal democrat scu&bags vs the people who have to pay for them.
(and the “american electorate” will vote for the same maddeningly arrogant, pompous, totalitarian wannabees again and again.)
It has not been shown that biofuels have contributed measurably to the actual grain shortages such as rice.
As I understand, corn is more often used as livestock feed, which then becomes food for humans?
I remember real popcorn also, shaking the pan over the open burner....yum.
I am alarmed by the rising prices at the supermarket, and the rate at which they are increasing. That is why this story caught my attention.
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