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Maz2 Intersting piece but it only talks about corn as if that is what the world eats. If the author wants to convince me that he is not just suggesting that increased corn production proves that the switch to ethanol production has no effect on food costs I would need figures on US production of all the other grains and food stuffs in order to find if land has been switched to corn from other feed. As well as the rest of the world. While the author speaks of larger harvests, of corn, other sources are speaking of lowest levels of stock on hand for many grains. What role does the increased land devoted to corn have in low levels of on hand storage of other grains?
The increase in ethanol production would also lead speculators to drive up the price of corn (if it looks like a good buy) driving up the price of other grains because the industry anticipates the availability, demand, and production when setting the price. Not to mention that it is only human nature to hold back the sale of your product if you think the price will be going up.
Many other points as well.
Since it is rice that feeds the most it is the effects of it’s shortage that will cause the most social unrest.

Nope, Irwin, I guarantee you *bucks uses Arabica:
http://www.starbucks.com/ourcoffees/coffee_edu5.asp?category_name=coffee+trees+and+beans
Also, regarding fair trade, *bucks pays $1.40+ per lb of coffee cherries. Fair trade prices are set at $1.25 or so. That’s not unqualified, it’s a fact.
(I got this info from my wife, who has to get briefings on how to fight misinformation on the company… no matter what, everybody guns for the big kid on the block.)

Happened to be at a medical conference today with a large number of people from Washington state and had a rather interesting talk with a couple of psychologists about the Canadian medical system. They were obviously Democrats and were praising the Canadian system and hoping for the same in the US. Turns out that one of their major sources of information was Michael Moore’s Sicko and I’m sure I changed their minds about socialized medicine by giving them the facts.
Apparently Washington state has now passed a law that requires all insurers to provide coverage for psychologists up to 12 visits/year and I knew I had shattered their illusions when I told them that the Canadian medical plan doesn’t cover psychologists services at all. It just took a few more facts about length of waiting lists for hip and knee replacement surgery, the illegality of purchasing private medical services in Canada and the very short amount of time that most doctors spend with patients here to make them seriously reconsider whether they wanted socialized medicine in the USA.
If it were only that easy to change Canadian politicians views on socialized medicine and start making some progress on the mess that medicare has gotten us into.

So Islam is a failure, not only in the students’ minds, but also in the community.”
Great news Maz2. I’ve been wondering when they were going to wake up and smell the coffee.
Pat

loki…if educated professionals are using Moore for their ‘source’ we should be very worried about the upcoming election in the states.

That’s not unqualified, it’s a fact.
Posted by: Yukon Gold at 12:16 AM only fools and the missinformed deal in “FACTS” (or absolutes)
I don’t know , or care wot the truth is in this matter, but have seem on occations were “company” people were instructed on company matters, and all they were told wuz a bunch of BS!!!