Grain Shortages

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Dogs Rule said:

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I'm not sure what is up with rice production, but one of the problems with wheat and corn is that farmers can now turn corn into ethanol which has increased the commodity prices of corn, thus making wheat farming less attractive than corn.

Once science has cracked the mystery behind mass production of cellulose ethanol (Ethanol made with the husks and stems of corn which go to waste instead of the edible parts used to make regular ethanol), the land used for corn will go back to being used to grown more diverse food crops. When that happens, we'll have the environmental benefits of ethanol without sacrificing food supplies. Sir Richard Branson is heavily invested in cellulose ethanol's research. He even believes he (virgin) can fly planes on the stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose_ethanol

If you want another potential and current humanitarian disaster, look up Zimbabwe's current inflation levels. They are literally in the 100 000%. The Zimbabwean government earlier this year had to issue 10 000 000$ bank notes, just so people could reasonably carry enough currency to buy daily necessities. Recently, they've found that the 10M$ notes aren't enough, so they issued 50 000 000$ bank notes. A loaf of bread costs millions of Zimbabwean dollars.

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=450317

 imagine if that were in US$. Even billionaires would be poor