On Mar 4, 2:54=A0pm, "Rob Dekker" <r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> <calderh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> > The world is running out of wheat because so many farmers have
> > switched to growing corn for ethanol production. =A0US wheat supplies
> > are at 60 year lows and globally wheat supplies are at 50 year lows.
>
> So biofuel is a 'hoax', and 'world is running out of wheat' because of
it.=
...
> What is it about these black-and-white sensationalistic stories that
bothe=
rs me ?
Probably the same thing that bothers most Americans who
apply the good ol' common sense ideas to global energy problems.
The only thing they, in truth, know about ethanol is wheat and
corn,
So that works so conveniently with the knuckle draggers, it's
why people opened McDonald's Franchises for the wanks.
Since that kills 3 birds with one stone, rather than two birds
an the ol' common sense says it should.
It kills the crows, since the farmers have to be taught how to
not drink the ethanol, before a shotgun is of any use.
It kills the turkeys, since the only thing McDonald's knows
about food is Turkey Hill.
And it kills the parrots, since the only thing Wa****ngton idiots
know about ethanol, is GM idiots and Parrots.
>
> This feels like there is a 5 year old yelling out some bold statement,
jus=
t anything, simply because he is desperate for attention.
> Some call it Attention Deficit Disorder, but is annoying. It's not
constru=
ctive, it's definitely not a balanced view of the
> situation, and if you think about it, is not true either.
>
> Let's use somecommonsensehere, calderhome. We are not living in a
totalita=
rian state where some despot tells us what to grow.
> We living in a self-stabilizing free-market world. If the world is
running=
out of wheat, then wheat prices go up. If wheat prices go
> up, farmers will grow more wheat (and less corn for ethanol), or people
wi=
ll eat less wheat. Simple as that. Balance will be
> achieved by pricing. So bread will get a bit more expensive, what's the
bi=
g deal ?
>
> Biofuel cannot really compete with food prices. Fuel is way too cheap
for =
that (or food too expensive).
> Did you ever calculate how much of the retail price of a loaf of bread
is =
spend on the wheat ?
> Or how much of the retail price of a ore of corn is paid to the farmer ?
>
> Rob
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