Lhet on 22/4/2008 at 06:17
It seems that, although this may take more time, that this will eventually lead to a meat shortage, which could actually curb the food shortage, as meat takes a lot of grain and stuff to grow.
I think the only way this could mean fewer fat people, though, is if a meat shortage actually made McDonalds too expensive to eat at all the time.
Jason Moyer on 22/4/2008 at 06:37
Or, more specifically, at Costco. Which wouldn't be a surprise given the degree to which they overpay their union employees. I haven't seen any evidence of any other retailer having a problem with grocery supplies of any kind.
Scots Taffer on 22/4/2008 at 06:41
That's the example but the opening line of the article states:
Quote:
Major retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are limiting purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil as demand outstrips supply.
Jason Moyer on 22/4/2008 at 06:52
The only concrete examples the article can provide are 2 Costco stores located in areas where I find it hard to believe that people are actually complaining about food prices (considering the people quoted in the articles are probably paying $2,000 or more per month for rent).
Aside from that, I can't actually find any references to this "food shortage" either in reality as someone living in the northeast united states, or in any non-tabloid newspapers.
SD on 22/4/2008 at 07:37
Food shortages are what happens when you have subsidies and protectionism. Using taxpayers' money to pay farmers a set price for their product, irrespective of the quality of their crop, while simultaneously banning or tariffing to fuck cheaper, better stuff from overseas, is only going to give you problems in the long term.
In short, the US is getting its payback for shafting third world farmers; if you were fond of puns, you could say they were reaping what they had sown.
flexbuster on 22/4/2008 at 08:07
I live in New England and this is the first I've heard of anything at all concerning this.
Just saying.
Aja on 22/4/2008 at 08:12
Quote Posted by SD
In short, the US is getting its payback for shafting third world farmers; if you were fond of puns, you could say they were reaping what they had sown.
I am fond of puns and that one is
dellliciousssStarrfall on 22/4/2008 at 14:17
Well if motherfuckers weren't going around buying all the rice because they're afraid there's going to be a food shortage then maybe there'd be some left for everyone else. (I'm looking at YOU, mister anonymous high-tech professional who's going to feel really fucking stupid when he still has 480 pounds of rice a year from now. Ten bucks says he ends up throwing a lot of it away.)
Anyways I haven't run into any rations, and even if I did we live in a place surrounded by farmers who aren't just growing future ethanol and who are perfectly happy to sell you their food.
This reminds me of an article I read a few days ago though, it was pumping potatoes as a rising staple crop because they're good for you, versatile, and apparently are very easy to grow.
Matthew on 22/4/2008 at 14:21
Holy shit, we've been eating those wee bastards for hundreds of years over here, don't fall for the hype!
Queue on 22/4/2008 at 14:52
I remember back during the whole Y2K "scare"--you know, when the world was going to end because all the computers thought it was last Thursday--a lady I knew closed her business, sold off all the inventory, killed and canned her peacocks, then bought lawn chairs and shotgun shells with the intention of protecting her property from the hordes of... What, the roaming undead?
I love mass-hysteria! It reminds me of just what I find truly repulsive about humanity. :thumb:
With that being said, I did buy a cow recently (as I'm tired of shitty, corn feed beef--cows were meant to eat grass; and hormone ladened milk that's giving me man-boobs). Also, a few chickens now roam the gardens (cheap bug control, and I no longer have to pay over four bucks for a dozen organic eggs).
