Comments on: The coming food catastrophe http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/04/05/1741/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:57:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Valerie Bateman http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/04/05/1741/#comment-264705 Valerie Bateman Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:03:17 +0000 http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/04/05/1741/#comment-264705 <p>Voltaire's statistics on corn production/consumption seem quite at odds with those articulated in the article. How is one to sort out the fact from the fiction in this area?</p> Voltaire’s statistics on corn production/consumption seem quite at odds with those articulated in the article. How is one to sort out the fact from the fiction in this area?

]]> By: Voltaire http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/04/05/1741/#comment-260450 Voltaire Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:21:47 +0000 http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/04/05/1741/#comment-260450 <p>The problem is Fiat Money is worth half what it was in 2001 before the war on some terrorists was started by the Neocons.</p> <p>You now have investors buying anything NOT nailed down as a protection against further inflation. The dollar is in free fall.</p> <p>Ethanol from corn only removes the carbohydrates from the corn, leaving the remainder as excellent livestock feed, it did not disappear when Ethanol was made, only reduced the amount and made it better for livestock to eat. Total corn production is some 75 million acres in USA,,, Out of 1.3 billion acres that is not a lot of land area.</p> <p>One percent of corn grown in USA is direct human consumption, One percent for Whiskey. 92% cattle feed and the rest for junk food additives like High Fructose corn syrup.</p> <p>Big deal!!!</p> The problem is Fiat Money is worth half what it was in 2001 before the war on some terrorists was started by the Neocons.

You now have investors buying anything NOT nailed down as a protection against further inflation. The dollar is in free fall.

Ethanol from corn only removes the carbohydrates from the corn, leaving the remainder as excellent livestock feed, it did not disappear when Ethanol was made, only reduced the amount and made it better for livestock to eat. Total corn production is some 75 million acres in USA,,, Out of 1.3 billion acres that is not a lot of land area.

One percent of corn grown in USA is direct human consumption, One percent for Whiskey. 92% cattle feed and the rest for junk food additives like High Fructose corn syrup.

Big deal!!!

]]> By: Tom Davis http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/04/05/1741/#comment-260359 Tom Davis Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:18:22 +0000 http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/04/05/1741/#comment-260359 <p>Oh, the "perfect storm" is LOTS broader than just food - to see an article I've written about that, go to http://www.gaia-spirituality.org and click on the "Challenges to Come" link in the left frame. It's US-centric, but a lot of the problems discussed there apply to Canada, as well.</p> Oh, the “perfect storm” is LOTS broader than just food - to see an article I’ve written about that, go to http://www.gaia-spirituality.org and click on the “Challenges to Come” link in the left frame. It’s US-centric, but a lot of the problems discussed there apply to Canada, as well.

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