Comments on: Why the food shortage? http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Randall http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-88972 Randall Wed, 21 May 2008 10:25:45 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/#comment-88972 Exactly. If you are really scared about peak oil then you should welcome higher oil prices. Exactly. If you are really scared about peak oil then you should welcome higher oil prices.

]]> By: Shadower http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-88827 Shadower Wed, 21 May 2008 00:47:20 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/#comment-88827 Not just that Randall, it has also lead to the big auto companies finally looking for ways out of this whole by investing in hybrid (short term solution) and research into hydro cell technologies. Not just that Randall, it has also lead to the big auto companies finally looking for ways out of this whole by investing in hybrid (short term solution) and research into hydro cell technologies.

]]> By: Randall http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-88608 Randall Tue, 20 May 2008 10:16:19 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/#comment-88608 If what JDsg and Anwar say is true then rising oil prices is a great thing because the price signals will lead to better and more efficient ways of pulling the remaining oil out of the ground. If what JDsg and Anwar say is true then rising oil prices is a great thing because the price signals will lead to better and more efficient ways of pulling the remaining oil out of the ground.

]]> By: JDsg http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-88545 JDsg Tue, 20 May 2008 05:42:00 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/#comment-88545 The problem isn't the amount of reserves in the ground, it's the amount of oil coming up <i>out of</i> the ground that's (half of) the issue. The problem isn’t the amount of reserves in the ground, it’s the amount of oil coming up out of the ground that’s (half of) the issue.

]]> By: Anwar http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-88494 Anwar Tue, 20 May 2008 02:42:09 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/#comment-88494 Today's oil prices would become a pipe dream if it weren't for our beloved ally Saudi Arabia, who routinely publish hugely inflated oil reserves numbers. Today’s oil prices would become a pipe dream if it weren’t for our beloved ally Saudi Arabia, who routinely publish hugely inflated oil reserves numbers.

]]> By: Eudaemonion http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-88446 Eudaemonion Mon, 19 May 2008 23:36:34 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/#comment-88446 The high oil price has more to do with the WEAKENING of the American dollar and American foreign policy than it has to do with the cartel. Cartels are bad, however. Very, very bad. The high oil price has more to do with the WEAKENING of the American dollar and American foreign policy than it has to do with the cartel.

Cartels are bad, however. Very, very bad.

]]> By: antish http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-88299 antish Mon, 19 May 2008 13:14:54 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/#comment-88299 If you say so. Actually, a lot of the current problem is caused by the evil and capricious OPEC. Higher fuel/fertiliser/hebicide/pesticide prices means higher food prices. If you say so. Actually, a lot of the current problem is caused by the evil and capricious OPEC. Higher fuel/fertiliser/hebicide/pesticide prices means higher food prices.

]]> By: Eudaemonion http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-88271 Eudaemonion Mon, 19 May 2008 11:02:03 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/#comment-88271 '...but it causes hunger or starvation to poor people. An incredibly inefficient way of running the planet...' But subsidies, tariffs, quotas, and trade restrictions are all fine and dandy,right Antish? They do not contribute to hunger for poor people? Its always the evil and capricious market that is the problem. ‘…but it causes hunger or starvation to poor people. An incredibly inefficient way of running the planet…’

But subsidies, tariffs, quotas, and trade restrictions are all fine and dandy,right Antish? They do not contribute to hunger for poor people? Its always the evil and capricious market that is the problem.

]]> By: antish http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-88151 antish Mon, 19 May 2008 00:57:21 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/#comment-88151 Cinna - true. I tend to use 'earth' to mean the biosphere rather than the whole thing. Cinna – true. I tend to use ‘earth’ to mean the biosphere rather than the whole thing.

]]> By: Cinna http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-88089 Cinna Sun, 18 May 2008 19:47:37 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2008/05/14/why-the-food-shortage/#comment-88089 "However will it be easier to drastically change the eating habits of the first world, or drastically change the reproductive habits of everyone? It’s a tough call. One of them has to happen, or goodbye earth." Merely goodbye most- perhaps all- of the human race and all of quite a few other species too, Antish. There's no reason to think the earth will be affected; we don't run it. “However will it be easier to drastically change the eating habits of the first world, or drastically change the reproductive habits of everyone? It’s a tough call.

One of them has to happen, or goodbye earth.”

Merely goodbye most- perhaps all- of the human race and all of quite a few other species too, Antish. There’s no reason to think the earth will be affected; we don’t run it.

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