Food price crisis poses 'risk of war'

GulfNews.com ^ | April 14, 2008

[bjs1779]

Is there a peep yet from our government leaders about burning up corn for fuel?

[SierraWasp]

Oh goody! Then we can refer to them as “GORE WARS!”

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Of course not. We’re only at “domestic turmoil” level so far. ;)

[Normal4me]

NO WAR FOR CORN!!!! ;-)

[JasonC]

Cry me a river. Pay up, world, or cut oil prices back to $30 a barrel. If you'd rather, you can pay $100 a bushel for any kind of grain. Yes that's what I said, $100 a bushel, not $3, not $10. Why should oil be the only cartel on earth?

[mamelukesabre]

Rising food prices have also encouraged the UAE government to intervene, when the Ministry of Economy allowed the retail chains to directly import food items by cutting the middlemen to keep prices of essentials at a decent level.

As a result, Union Cooperative Society and Emke Group have already signed a deal with the UAE Ministry of Economy to supply essential food items at 2007 base prices to help the consumers.
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What the heck?!

Surely the citizens of the UAE are not poverty stricken and going hungry?

[infantrywhooah]

“And no one’s gettin’ fat ‘cept Mama Cass.....”

[RightWhale]

"As we know, learning from the past, those kind of questions sometimes end in war," he said.

When? Where?

[Fox_Mulder77]

“Cry me a river. Pay up, world, or cut oil prices back to $30 a barrel. If you’d rather, you can pay $100 a bushel for any kind of grain. Yes that’s what I said, $100 a bushel, not $3, not $10. Why should oil be the only cartel on earth? “

BRAVO!!!

[paul544]

The Bush legacy gets another notch on the ol’ belt.

[utherdoul]

Hear Hear! Lets see the world run without American grain.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Ethanol and Biofuels? Utter and complete madness.

[bjs1779]

Cry me a river. Pay up, world, or cut oil prices back to $30 a barrel. If you'd rather, you can pay $100 a bushel for any kind of grain. Yes that's what I said, $100 a bushel, not $3, not $10. Why should oil be the only cartel on earth?

As usual, your comment is off base. Most of the people in the affected countries have nothing to do with oil.

[bjs1779]

A couple of them are already here. : )

[Justa]

It's only gonna get worse.

"From the Space Weather Prediction Center
Updated 2008 Apr 13 2203 UTC

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity SDF Number 104 Issued at 2200Z on 13 Apr 2008

Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 12/2100Z to 13/2100Z: Solar activity was very low.... Solar activity remains low and things should remain quiet. The solar flux remains in the 60's[EA].

Solar Flux Definition

The 10.7 cm (2800 MHz) radio flux is the amount of solar noise (light) that is emitted by the sun at 10.7 cm wavelengths....

The solar flux is used as a basic indicator of solar activity. It can vary from values below 50 to values in excess of 300 (representing very low solar activity and high to very high solar activity respectively). Values in excess of 200 occur typical during the peak of the solar cycles.

Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be very low.

Source: http://www.solarcycle24.com.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

In the next 5 years or so when the global warming scare is finally understood by all to be the hoax it is; will Al Gore be brought up on some kind of charges for fomenting the deaths of millions?

[bjs1779]

Hear Hear! Lets see the world run without American grain.

You better watch your mouth, we are exporting it with no regards to your well being.

[lainie]

Right on.

[bjs1779]

I always knew it would come to haunt us when we as a country wanted people to starve to death, ie, Terri Schiavo.

[Toskrin]

The one thing that could make the situation worse is a government-mandated price freeze - then you will REALLY see people starve. Unfortunately, it is the first solution that the bureaucrats always think of.