tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post1137105874234761175..comments2024-03-22T19:12:22.089+11:00Comments on One Salient Oversight: A Food crisis is emergingNeil Cameron (One Salient Oversight)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03143948543305522865noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post-90186660938117940112008-03-27T12:43:00.000+11:002008-03-27T12:43:00.000+11:00Hi Beamer,it is also caused by mankind's recent fo...Hi Beamer,<BR/>it is also caused by mankind's recent fossil fuel enabled ability to grow at an exponential rate until the earth's photosynthetic ceiling is reached. We are now growing crops faster than ever (not giving the land a break because of our modern fertilisers) on more land than ever at cheaper prices than ever.<BR/><BR/>Oil and gas are going up in price... and so growing and transporting the food is going up in price, as Neil and I predicted nearly 4 years ago. It's not that hard really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post-24690989186427582092008-03-26T14:08:00.000+11:002008-03-26T14:08:00.000+11:00I admire Sen, too. You left out the key bit of hi...I admire Sen, too. You left out the key bit of his conclusions on famine: while food shortages may occur these days in isolated areas due to localized phenomena, it takes Man (and/or his bad government) to create a famine.<BR/><BR/>Mubarak's regime qualifies as bad government, but whether or not it is as bad as, say, Mugabe's...well, I hope not for the Egyptians' sake.BLBeamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953399820620982720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post-50839725454648227602008-03-26T09:28:00.000+11:002008-03-26T09:28:00.000+11:00Also sounds to me like "Murbarak gives everyone ch...Also sounds to me like "Murbarak gives everyone cheap bread I want it too". And likely that the bakers have also found another market for the flour that pays better than selling the cheap bread.<BR/><BR/>This article http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=12543<BR/>very strong on it is corruption. But if price is better elsewhere that implies shortage. <BR/>Murbarak doesn't want to use USD$ on US wheat?Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898855599160925012noreply@blogger.com