People & Power - Food Shortages -20 Apr 08 - Part 2

[ploeshdi]

so spending my stimulus check at walmart wont help?

[Ggurl777]

That's what everybodies planning to do.

I would suggest you buy some seeds plant a garden and hope for the best.

Oh gets lots of non perishable food as soon as possible to last you a long time.

[bewambay]

#1 problem = population control, then what?

[sunshyne1982]

It's time to be serious about alternative energy sources and changes in agricultural habits.

[tvbmovielover]

yay i get to live in a century that hhuman kind will face MANY problems, hopefully i can help !

[tvbmovielover]

yay i get to live in a century that hhuman kind will face MANY problems, hopefully i can help !

[lproth]

That is why I have invested 20 thousand dollars in grain futures. 10 years or longer in price rises from my research. If you have money invest now. Don't give me ethics, I am talking business here.

[jammoexii]

You realize that thinking like that is actually killing children right? Killing kids. Thank god it's not white kids, but it's still kids. People like you make me fucking sick.

[lproth]

only because you don't understand investing. New and better crops need to be developed. that takes money and time. Also new lands in brazil and eastern european steps need to be cleared and modernized. Again money and time. 10 years is the time frame for both. You want more and cheaper food. Then you need more investment, I only wished I had gotten in last years when I heard there was shortages coming.

[jonah70757]

You are right on the money june201955!

[june201955]

Why don't they just get to the root of the matter.... Follow the money... It's a double edge sword... First, the Wall St. Traders and the Oil companies ultimately end up with all profits. The farmer isn't making much extra due to rising fuel costs. 2nd, It helps to solve the over-population problem, starvation, death in the 3rd World countries (for starters), guaranteed. This is only the beginning, Beware! This is a trend that's being done by design, nothing more. Check out "Esoteric Agenda".

[rojocorsa]

overpopulation is a very big problem

[britoca]

ever wonder why it'll stabilize around 9B? here it is.

[xxrev0ltxx]

No its not, the forms of distributing and producing goods is the source of these shortages.

We have subsidies to burn crops and waste milk to thank. The poorest countries have some of the greatest natural resources of food yet almost all of that goes to export and arrives to the overweight American consumer's mouth.

It is not overpopulation because there are food excesses but that excess is either destroyed to maintain profit margins or sent to the only countries that can buy at those prices.

[rojocorsa]

OK but disregarding the food shortage, it still is a serious problem

[lproth]

no one works at a loss. do you pay your employer to work? no he pays you or you find another job. why would a farmer do any less.

[xxrev0ltxx]

The thing is an employer doesn't create any wealth, all he does is own property and with it he can pay the worker far less than what they produce. With this alongside the reasons for laying workers off, overproduction, among other things like outsourcing results in the unproductive managerial position accumulating profit at the expense of the worker, regardless of whom works for the employer (unless self-employed).

[lproth]

The employer/ investor take on the risk of his investment. If a business fails an employee loses his job. An employer may lose every thing. There is an old saying "you don't own business it owns you" meaning it is a constant weight on you. If you start talking about CEOs and boards I will know you are Ignorant of our Economic system. CEOs and boards are Employees of most companies even if family owned. Plus farmers don't out source they grow what gets the highest price with the risk of failure.

[blackxavior]

A lot of Kansas farmer are not even planting because of the the fuel prices. This will only get worse.

[WarzSchoolchild]

In 2005 Nobel prize winner George A. Olah's essay advocated the "Methanol Economy". Methanol (note,NOT Ethanol!from grain) can be efficiently produced from a wide variety of sources including still abundant fossil fuels, but also agricultural products and municipal waste, wood and varied biomass.( i.e. The much larger inedible parts of food crops) it can also be made from chemical recycling of CO2! which we need to reduce urgently. SO WHY SUPPORT MAKING ETHANOL FROM FOOD?

!:-(

[abarzilai664]

There's no leadership on this issue Mr. Brown because of the Farm Lobby who punishes any congressman man who wants to stop their cash flow.

[maskiatlan]

We are most likely in era off peak everything.

[lesmcluffalot]

Kewlios

[kakuiguy]

Too bad you'll never see the truth being told on U.S. neocon MSM.