And then there is the problem of delayed planting which means waiting longer for fresh vegetables. No problem for me, I just go to WalMart and grumble as I pay the inflated prices. Of course that means that there will be less to buy other things, so the problem just tumbles down the line.
Others aren't so fortunate.
The world intelligentsia has been asleep at the wheel. While we rage over global warming, global hunger has swept in under the radar screen.
Of course the facts are that the elitists haven't been asleep. They have been very active screaming about GW, demanding that we reduce oil consumption without a single thought of how that could be done. Last year Mexico saw a huge run up in corn meal prices, and this was blamed, not on the demands of the GW crowd for ethanol, but on the Yankee. It will be worse this year. And without a closed border we will see huge increases in illegal aliens from the south.
Of course OPEC can also be blamed. Their sky high prices have also driven the demand for energy production from plants. Corn is the easiest and grows the best in temperate climates. Sugar is so plentiful that we subsidize prices which in turns suppresses production. Congress is not likely to change this for sugar or corn.
But the real villains have been those on the Left who have opposed every possible solution that would reduce our dependence on OPEC and foreign oil. Nuclear was not acceptable. New drilling off our coasts was not acceptable. New refineries couldn't be built lest we kill some wild life, etc., etc., etc.
Now we see gasoline above $3.30 and diesel above $5.00. Food prices are spiraling ever upward due to the cost of transportation and cultivation. And the increases in fertilizers and weed control chemicals are immense.
The Luddites have led us into an ambush. We need to take back control and turn technology, and diplomacy loose on the price of energy. Either that or you need to learn to raise a garden.
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