ferret1603 said:
Moongoddess256 said:
So Back in February we got hit by the wheat shortage, causing food prices to spike dramatically. Now we are starting to see a rice shortage(recent news about rationing of larger purchases of rice). I looked into this and the poorer countries are getting hit HARD by this. I've been whining about how expensive food has been getting, but its even worse seeing that there are people out there who are starving now. Anyone know their stuff about this topic? Is there a reason why the whole world is getting hit with one blow after another? Its really sad. |
Basically demand is going up while production is falling. These idiotic environmentalists are largely to blame as they've encouraged farmers to plant bio-fuel crops instead of food crops. The world is now facing a food shortage far worse than anything global warming could inflict. I really can't say how angry eco-fascists make me. They're filled with self righteousness that they know best despite the fact that weather systems are almost impossible to predict. Changing the 6th decimal place in a computer projection program can completely change the predicted weather output. Yet they're happy to use science which doesn't have a good level of accuracy to force people to change their daily lives right down to what fuel they use and what crops they grow. We're now seeing the consequences with poor people starving and massive food price inflation in the developed world. |
It's not actually the swich to bio fuel, but also the fact that in many places (China, India, etc.) the eating habits are moving towards more meat when the standard of living is getting better. This means that more crops are consumed by livestock than before. There's a good coverage on the issue in a recent article in the economist:
www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11049284
And to all those who think that it's business as usual and that it doesn't affect them in any way: please wake up. The proces will continue to climb for at least some time before the production is revitalized in some countries that have neglected their own production due to the abundance of recent years.
