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Food inflation overstated in the UK? I'd like to hear that argument.
1 posted on 06/08/2008 5:19:23 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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To: DeaconBenjamin

I’m growing my own. And just in case this crap happens here, I am armed to the teeth.


2 posted on 06/08/2008 5:21:05 PM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

The Liberals see their cherished man-made global warming hoax coming apart. Global food shortage is just the next piece of sky that these Chicken Littles want to stir up the masses with.
There is no global food shortage other than those that are orchestrated to advance global socialism.


3 posted on 06/08/2008 5:24:58 PM PDT by BuffaloJack
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Maybe the Irish can teach the Brits how to grow potatoes.


4 posted on 06/08/2008 5:27:52 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Huma for co-president!)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Global food supply is a growing problem....

thank albore!!!!


6 posted on 06/08/2008 5:29:23 PM PDT by nyyankeefan
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To: DeaconBenjamin

The intellectual wizards down at Newsweak have already come up with the solution to this problem. EAT BUGS!!!


9 posted on 06/08/2008 5:36:50 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (De-Globalize yourself !)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

I’m a big advocate of creating enormous aquafarms.

Pontoons with descending nets, away from the coasts so they don’t create a pollution problem. Hatchery fish are raised in the net, with aeration and water cleaning done by the current.
They gain slightly more weight than the fish food they are fed.

20 or 30 square miles of such aquafarms could provide the vast majority of the fish consumed by a nation like Japan. And because there are no practical limits to the size or number of such farms, fish could become the dominant protein source in much of the world.

It would also take much of the pressure off of many endangered fish species. On top of that, “charity” fish breeding can be done to rapidly restore wild populations.


11 posted on 06/08/2008 5:40:20 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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15 posted on 06/08/2008 5:53:57 PM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

It’s obvious that we need a food tax to discourage eating. /s


19 posted on 06/08/2008 6:04:46 PM PDT by Joan Kerrey
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To: DeaconBenjamin

food supply is a problem because we keep burning it to make ethanol!!!!

The lefty nutbags don’t want us to burn any fossil fuel for fear of destroying the planet. But they are happy to burn up the food to destroy the lives of the third world.

Hey, at least we are clear on their priorities.


20 posted on 06/08/2008 6:09:45 PM PDT by bpjam (Drill For Oil or Lose Your Job!! Vote Nov 2008)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

If poliricians and enviro-whackos would stop insisting we put food in our gas tanks, this would be a non-issue.


22 posted on 06/08/2008 6:15:55 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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...the Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund has been set up to encourage UK retailers to buy goods from Africa,...

LOL!!!
23 posted on 06/08/2008 6:16:21 PM PDT by monkeycard (There is no such thing as too much ammo.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin; M. Espinola; Travis McGee
DUH . . . !

Just wait until diesel hits $ 6.

Farmers cannot afford to plant, harvest or transport crops with fuel prices that high. Already, farmers are complaining that crooks are stealing their fuel. Just think about that for a minute: 900 gallons stolen in the dead of night . . . That is a chunk of change. R U getting the picture yet?

Time to wake up, folks!

Oil speculators: Including Russia, Iran, Syria, Dubai, Saudis, OPEC, Chavez, Castro, European central banks, the IMF, World Bank have all declared economic war on the U.S. KGB bastard Putin knew what he was doing when he ordered Saddam's WMD smuggled to Syria. He was setting up GWB to take the fall for total failure in Iraq.

Have you seen that PBS report on 'Bush's War' yet____________? The media want to portray Bush as the worst president in history. He better wake up fast. Condi Rice better wake up fast. It may already be too late.

Putin is a KGB thug all the way . . .

26 posted on 06/08/2008 7:00:30 PM PDT by ex-Texan (Matthew 7: 1 - 6)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
Food shortages could be coming to a big city near you, but it has nothing to do with the amount of food available. The problem is a combination of the price of diesel fuel, the possibility of a lot of truckers going out of business, and the "just in time" replenishment methods our grocery stores use. A grocery store has about a 3 day supply of food, if there are no "runs" on the products. After about 3 days, they start to run short of items. So, what happens if grocery stores can only get a single truckload of products a week?

Mark

29 posted on 06/08/2008 7:37:51 PM PDT by MarkL (Al Gore: The Greenhouse Gasbag! (heard on Bob Brinker's Money Talk))
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http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/1081/Chicken-a-la-Carte


31 posted on 06/17/2009 4:07:11 AM PDT by Joya (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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