[AZLiberty]

Al Gore's happy. Starvation means fewer people. Fewer people means less CO2, reducing global warming.

Reduces the market for his carbon credits, though.

[RightWhale]

Population growth might have something to do with it. Ten billion didn’t seem to bother the planners since if everything runs perfectly the planet can feed all that, but if everything doesn’t go according to plan then maybe going on seven billion is a problem. Especially since the major productive farms are mechanized (oil).

[aquila48]

Of course the greenies at the SF Chron couldn’t get themselves to mention their pet project ethanol as contributing to the price increase.

Also the selfishness of the left is exhibited in full splendor by them resenting the fact that people that used to starve in China and India are actually making enough money nowdays to afford what we’ve been eating, and that grates them the wrong way because their prices at Whole Food are going up!!!

[JasonC]

We are giant net food exporters. We benefit from higher food prices worldwide, as much as Arab countries benefit from higher oil prices. They aren't nearly high enough yet. When the Saudis are inventing new ways to raise sheep in the desert, with more breathless concern than we expend on oil substitutes, they will be within spitting distance. Right now they have to rise oh, another 10 fold I'd say, just to make things remotely even.

[Muleteam1]

There’s a rumor fast spreading that Werner Trucking has filed for bankruptcy due to the rising cost of diesel fuel. Apparently this is NOT true.

[fightinJAG]

Do these people have no clue that they made this bed when they started pushing ethanol? That once the government subsidized growing corn for fuel, farmers would flock to that and the price of everything else (including wheat for pasta) would skyrocket?

What did the envirowackos think was going to happen? Corn would magically appear to be made into ethanol and it would have NO effect on the world’s food supply or world’s food prices?

Put another one in the “Law of Unintended Consequences” file.

Duh.

[VeniVidiVici]

I’ll trade ‘em a loaf of bread for two barrels of oil.

[Ronin]

Food prices are going up across the board here in Japan as well. Between 7 and 10 percent in most cases, some higher.

There’s a lot of grumbling about it.