Past Peak?
It seems farmers are having a hard time keeping up with global demand for grains.
Farmers the world over are producing flat-out. American agricultural exports are expected to increase 23 percent this year to $101 billion, a record. The world’s grain stockpiles have fallen to the lowest levels in decades.
“Everyone wants to eat like an American on this globe,” said Daniel W. Basse of the AgResource Company, a Chicago consultancy. “But if they do, we’re going to need another two or three globes to grow it all.”
No mention of biofuels taking corn from the food supply. The price of food by next summer/fall could be staggering. Not to mention the price of beer and pizza, things that make life wonderful and good.
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Ben Franklin would be pissed. Beer is evidence that we are supposed to be happy, right? There are gains to be had in waste stream fuels and efficiency, but we are clearly not going to be able to continue with our garish opulence without smartening up.
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