Rationing of Food and a Depression

[Sadin15]

I used to hear my mother tell me stories of how sugar was rationed back in the 50s when she was young. Seeing the part of the world which sometimes lives on just one meal a day and that too not a healthy meal, I strongly feel the blessed part of the world that has plenty should limit the usage of food. Stop wasting it so the rest of the world can have it too. There is plenty of food on Earth from God, we are unjust in dividing it I suppose.

[shtonker8]

I'm a pagan and believe in the gods, and I too see the need for food production at home and storage of basics....Mahalo

[asher42445]

mormon here too... food storage is a good idea.. but go dumpster dive too. we waste so much food daily its madness..

[orpado1968]

Sir, times are changing. The War era is over and now is now. I think everything wont be "clicking all along" in a short while and your prediction might come true.

[johnny102marvin]

We are Mormons...we have a year's supply of food. we have gardens. we have freezed dried food. All of you should do what we Mormons do.

[ockteby]

@johnny102marvin I am a Baptist and I tell my wife over and over Pat we need to do like the Mormons and put us some provisions in storage. You are wise my friend, but I hope you never need to use them. If so we are all in deep dodo.

frank

[johnny102marvin]

@ockteby Storing food is a tradition with Mormons because Mormons experienced famines and droughts when they traveled to Utah. They had many hardships and it became ingrained in their psyche to become savers, to store food, to have gardens, and to learn survival skills. Baptists, Methodists, and Catholics have never had to suffer as a group like the Mormons did on their way to Utah and setting up home sites in Utah. Other denominations are afraid to be associated with food storage.

[Tabooga65]

My great grandma was like 8 when the pearl habor happened and she would tell us about the depression, how during the war nobody had anything, the kids had scrap drives where they brought tin cans and such to school for the war effort, you couldn't buy tires or gas for the cars. It is coming again. I'm sure of it. Just hope it isn't soon.

[crabtrap]

HOLY CRAP you look like Jerry Springer!!

5 stars for the info though

[ockteby]

:-) ;-)

[neverfearchrisishere]

In the UK we pay around £3.80 a Gallon for petrol, which is around $6.30. The majority of which is (and has been for many years) tax, aimed at encouraging people to reduce the use of cars and use more public transport. Similar policies to encourage the use of public transport are common across Europe.

A side benefit of this is ofcourse that (since the tax isn't a percentage) changing prices of fuel on the international markets have hardly any effect on the price of fuel at the pump.

[deathshadow790]

he's awesome.

[RCvolunteer1978]

Well sir it has been a year since the video I like to know what you think now gasoline it $2.06 per gal. but today the numbers is in the 7,700's in the dow / on the dow ?

[Revgirl5]

good job... thanks!

[keys72]

this guy is so depressing...

[ockteby]

Sometimes the truth is, whatever is is.

Frank

[Sheila6325]

@ockteby AMEN....

[ChaiVat]

You would think that the title alone would have given you a clue man...this guy isn't depressing. The facts are depressing. He's just letting some of the people who are clueless, know about it.

[raulitech]

australians pay US$6.00 (or at least AUS$1.50 per litre) a gallon of gasoline. the US, a privileged nation still paying less for fuel, its like this price hike crisis has just hit america but the rest of the world got it first a long time ago. Fuel in Australia has more then doubled in cost within about 3 or 4 years.

[ockteby]

That's exactly the point I have been making in some of my videos. Thanks for chiming in.

Frank

[jackhammer1968]

Well I don't ever want to see rationing of food or total government control over what I'm eating, but I would love for the government to ration me out some of that cheese that they used to give out lol. By far the best cheese I've ever eaten!

[ockteby]

I am laughing at your comment as I reply, because I had forgotten how excellent that cheese was. :) Without a doubt it was the best, and the memory makes me crave some. Even hard times have some positives.

Frank

[NewKreature517]

Most Biofuels are a complete waste of time. I read a statistic stating 80% of corn grown in the U.S. is used for livestock feed (feed lots). This is probably how the price of meat could increase as a result. Corn goes up in price, so would cow feed and the added cost passed onto the consumer. I believe it's been proven that biofuels from corn oil require more energy than it produces. I don't eat meat and encourage everybody to stop eating meat, your body/health with THANK YOU for it!!

[ockteby]

I agree with your statements even though I have been a meat eater for most of my 70 years.

Frank

[markymarkuss777]

Do you think we'll be in another Depression by 2009?

[ockteby]

I think the world is creeping into some kind of correction, and that could become a traumatic thing to live through. Unfortunately all we can do is hold on and hope the correction is positive. This is just a personal opinion, and I hope I am wrong.

Frank

[PragueVlogg]

It's a hopeless and helpless feeling to sit back and watch the economy fall apart and not be able to stop it. But what CAN we do?

[ockteby]

Occurrences like this are inevitable, and world history is full of them. It's not the first, and it's not the last. The only thing we can do is hold on, and go along for the ride trying not to fall off. Sadly.... only the strong survive. Be strong Caroline.

Frank

[NewKreature517]

You could campaign for Ron Paul!! The only presidential candidate that has a clue about how the economy works. He's studied Austrian Economics for 50 something years.

[SkinSinFilms]

Probably it's a multi-factor problem but ultimately it's the exponential increase in population over the last century which is starting to catch up with us.

[kenrg]

Regular 87 octane is up to about $3.80/gallon in San Jose, CA area.

I was visiting my parents this past weekend, and my mother was also talking about shopping with the rationing stamps when she was a girl.

[ockteby]

I can't exactly tell you why, but for some reason I am worried. I see so much disinformation floating around. It has always been a part of running a country, but now it is more sophisticated. O well I guess my grandchildren will work it out someday. (I hope)

Frank

[TheMessageStupid]

Frank, that what a very interesting point about the biofuels, the hieghten demand for products with ethenol could definitely have contributed to this crisis. What I find interesting is that if you look at the statements by Walmart & Costco, they claim nothing is wrong. Never metnion the food price overseas and at 1 in Walmart encourages people to to by more but not necessarily stock up. ABC NBC CBS CNN Fox all havent given nay mention to food crisis happening in Latin America and round the world

[ockteby]

You are correct... Sometimes people over here forget there are people over there.

Thankfully not everybody though.

Frank

[Mechman064]

From what I've seen the country is headed straight into a hyper inflationary depression every bit as nasty as the great depression back in the 30's. I stocked up on everything last year and have been rotating my supplies so nothing expires. I also started a garden. This is no game my friend and I'm not doing this for fun. Hope all you want but I suggest you do a little stocking up too.

[thatbamma]

i did a video a while back similar to these thoghts, talking about the production of ethanol effecting the worldwide price of corn.  What you're saying is not out of the relam of possibility, in fact it's quite possible in many respects. Glad to know people are tlaking about it, catch ya later

[ockteby]

You sure did. You were ahead of the curve. The best to you Sir, and Thanks.

Frank

[beautifulprincessM]

Salute right back to you. Thank you for the story

[sakathom]

We should also cut down our consumption on meat in order to have more cereal grains available to the public. Like I said in my previous comment in your discussion with Ron, I mentioned that we should have cellulose-based ethanol (from wild prarie grass) instead of corn. Brazil seems to be more successful with their ethanol because sugarcane-base energy is more concentrated than maize. Good topic sir.

[AnneMarie96]

I hear you. Hope others do too.

[bushisacoxucker]

Hoping is not a solution.

Your government with Bush in power is deaf, and see what that dumbass is creating.

I betcha he is doubling his efforts. Ethanol production will double this week on Bush orders.

[AnneMarie96]

You are right on one point, hoping is not a solution. Two; My government is Canada. As for rest of your statement, every one has their own opinion.

[ockteby]

You are correct.... My hoping is just a personal thing. Hoping has never solved a problem. Actions solve problems. Thanks for chiming in on the discussion.

Frank

[bushisacoxucker]

Dear Frank,

Thanks for your post. I bought 5 tonnes of rice and beans plus other things as you were posting your video.

The dollar is down and falling into the precipice, while prices go up as a result, creating the bigest inflation that huminity has lived in the last 1000 years.

Way to you. Congrats on your video.