I Told You So
NY Times Finally Figures It Out
The leaders of poor countries are telling us that their people are starving due to increased food prices. Those who disagree state that much of the cause is a drought and less wheat from Australia.
From Today’s NY Times article referenced above:
But now a reaction is building against policies in the United States and Europe to promote ethanol and similar fuels, with political leaders from poor countries contending that these fuels are driving up food prices and starving poor people. Biofuels are fast becoming a new flash point in global diplomacy, putting pressure on Western politicians to reconsider their policies, even as they argue that biofuels are only one factor in the seemingly inexorable rise in food prices.
Of course, if you were reading FauxNEWS last July 14, you would have known this was going to happen, anyway.
From the July 2007 article:
The grain was now being used for a beverage that everyone wanted, and yet, food was also somewhat important. A bad harvest occured, and many people starved, even though gin (jenever, juniper) production continued.
But wait! There’s more! Keep reading from the same article.
Now, flash forward to today. We have a grain product that is used for food, cooking, and feeding to stock to produce meat. Environmentalists have now forced the government to convert this food grain into a liquid that does not provide sustenance, and that provides less energy content than the other hydrocarbon fuel now in use.
Food prices are increasing, as are all other prices, since everyone must buy food. Fuel prices, rather than going down, are going up, indirectly due to increased production costs due to this new “biofuel” that we are being forced to accept.
How long will it be until people begin to turn to crime or abandon their children, in part due to the increased costs of this ill-conceived, feel-good policy?
Using food sources for other than food has never worked out in man’s favor. I doubt biofuels becomes the one exception to this rule.
Yep. You can read FauxNEWS, or wait 9 months for the NY Times to publish it.
[By Marc] Hope you will forgive the add in links Wino.
As other staples soar, potatoes break new ground
And
Food Costs Rising Fastest in 17 Years
April 18th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
I would have thought there would be comments on this. I even added a couple of related links.
The two things that are going to affect our pocket books the most this year are food prices and fuel. And oil prices are up again! We may have to go to work for Sam’s or Wall Mart…Sheesh!
April 20th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I, too, thought there would be some comments on this. After all, it isn’t often that a private blog is nine months ahead of the entire world.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:52 pm
The header ought to list the poster. (just my opinion.)
How did we get to corn gas? DOT decreed it? Congress passed what? What the hell happened?
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:43 pm
lance,
I’ve added the poster to the header of each article. I’ve also made the articles show the entire content, unless the author wants to cut it shorter, in which case he can do so by adding the right tag where he wants it.
Anyway, after a few more burps, I have the system running again. I’m going to play with it some more to get a link back in the footer (Katfish’s favorite option), as well as change some other things I don’t like.