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2007-04-12 Home Front Economy

Dash for green fuel pushes up price of meat in US

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Posted by gorb 2007-04-12 02:56|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What'd I tell ya? Making fuel out of food is NOT a good idea. There will be dwindling spplies of food at ever higher prices. This doesn't just affect meat prices, but everything that has corn as a component. The truly poor will have an increasingly hard time getting enough to eat. But it makes the ones advocating ethanol feel good to see the results of their labors (increased ethanol production and usage) while ignoring the downside.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2007-04-12 07:31|| 2007-04-12 07:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Archer Daniels Midland, ConAgra, and Monsanto could not be reached for comment.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-04-12 10:00|| 2007-04-12 10:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Poor and women hit worst!

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-04-12 11:15|| 2007-04-12 11:15|| Front Page Top

#4 No blood for meat. Uhh.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-04-12 14:59|| 2007-04-12 14:59|| Front Page Top

#5 If and when food and fuel compete for available corn and sugar, the processes that are most efficient will profit and the others will fold. This will level the price and availability of corn and sugar. It would help if Americans were allowed to import sugar, but the necessary changes will not kill any of us. Some may even plant their own gardens, which I consider a good thing. There are a number of fuels which can and will be made synthetically. We could have been doing this all along, but cheap gas kept such technology on the shelf. Welcome to the world of Islam vs. the twenty-first century.

Posted by wxjames 2007-04-12 22:27|| 2007-04-12 22:27|| Front Page Top

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