Not Enough Food In America's Future?
Is it possible for a nation such as America to face a food shortage in the future?
The answer to this is yes.
The NY Sun recently ran a story about the surfacing of some food shortages in some areas of the US. It appears that this may be a precursor of what is to come. How can this happen? The answer is in the fact that there are several things that contribute to shortages in whole.
For the most part there has always been enough food for everyone on the planet; this is beginning to change however. The world as a whole is finding itself coming close to maximum capacity and our commodities are becoming more difficult to obtain. Oil is one of the largest commodities we are having difficulty coming by easily. It isn’t that we are out of oil, but that the world has tapped out most of the easily accessible oil fields. We have much more oil it is just more expensive than its worth to extract it which puts it out of reach to us. Gas prices will likely reach $6.00 per gallon in 2009.
We are experiencing the same situation with the world’s mines. There is not a shortage of ore but we just can’t affordably get at it. Essentially this means that there is only a limited supply available at affordable prices. The higher the cost of supplies the fewer people that can afford it; this will of course increase the supplies at unaffordable prices.
Food is not left out of this variable. Again, there is just so much food available in the world; much of it is exported and imported to the highest bidder. At one time the US had a very strong currency and would easily be the top bidder in any market; however, in recent years this has changed. The value of the US dollar has been declining steadily over the last few years. The US is now being outbid by other countries when trying to obtain commodities. China is leading the world in outbidding the US for needed commodities.
The decline of the US dollar will continue as the US continues to print money which results in the value plummeting. With the value of currency declining, the US may find itself with a lessened ability to be the top bidder and may be unable to obtain its resources.
The above scenario regarding area food shortage is the predecessor of a number of very shocking changes America is heading for. As a country we have overspent and under managed our budget for decades and we are going to be faced with a grim reality.
Prepare yourself; Bush’s depression is going to be difficult.
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Tags: oil fields, gas prices, United States, limited supply, peak oil, highest bidder, food shortageOriginally posted 2008-04-30 13:37:20.
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Democrats wanted High Gas Prices.
AND NOW WE GOT THEM!!!!!
GOOD WORK DEMOCRATS.
(Now let's all have a big "Democrat Group Hug" and whine together.)
Al Gore says WALK, or get a BICYCLE.
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Well, what I was trying to regurgitate was, gas prices fluctuate much more so than the price of “non-stuff”. Sort of the wave form at the end of the string. It goes up and down all over the place. It will impact the cost of everything, but the cost of everything is not going to move up and down as dramatically. So while the commodity of fuel is removed, the impact of fuel on other commodities is not. At least that is how I’ve read it.