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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 05:09 AM Original message |
Food Crisis, is there anything to it? |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes there is something to it. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 05:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Who is using this ethanol? |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 05:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Many of us are using some ethanol. I know at a couple of gas stations around here that have gas that |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Many? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. not relevant |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. My wording was incorrect. I live in NY and just did a quick search on the Net |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. And naturally... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. From what I understand, ethanol made from corn is 7 times less efficient than ethanal |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. I live in rural East Texas |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Self-Delete.. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's real alright, going to get much worse. The cause: deregulation |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 05:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Cargill’s third-quarter profits have increased over 86%. General Mills’ are up 61%, and Monsanto’s a |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. there we go |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. So what are world leaders doing about this impending crisis? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. NYT: key Commodity Futures Trading Commission meeting today |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. thanks for this insight. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. ...And as the market becomes less and less stable, like the housing market bubble |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. it's good timing for this kind of news... it's time to plant summer gardens |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. SpiralHawk look at this comment on another thread - 2007 was a bumper crop for rice |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. K&R ! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Anytime I hear a Republican say... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Thanks for the link, SpiralHawk. Very informative article. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Yup - the republicon WAY that led to the housing-financial crisis |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yes there is... We have shortages of rice, grains and cooking oil |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. they're banning exports to stabilize domestic prices - not |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Do you have a source for that |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. You have to do a bit of reading between the lines, & that takes |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. thansk very much. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Some readings for you |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. thanks very much. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
13. Be Prepared...This Fall Could Be A Real Killer...Literally |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. "Oh, um, we like, um, really care. We're Compassionate Conservatives. Smirk." - Commander AWOL |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yep...And When They Get Fat And Old...Replace 'Em |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Good point. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
17. I tend to believe that it is an artificial shortage created to jack up proces |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Like Enron-but with food. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. it is a potential crisis to add to all the others we have |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. Its real, the causes are numerous |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Thank you. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. It's really a percentage thing... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Vietnam's rice production is "in the toilet"? I think not. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I stand corrected. I read something last week on the energybulletin.net |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. There won't be any food riots or mass starvation in the U.S. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
40. Jesus H Christ, ONE STINKING ARTICLE bunches a lot of panties |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Your point, I like it. |
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