tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post386347187790912332..comments2024-02-29T03:21:35.007-08:00Comments on The Great Depression of 2006 : Food Shortages in Africa and the Middle EastJim in San Marcoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435296419912935381noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-29232693485833450472015-08-30T00:19:07.614-07:002015-08-30T00:19:07.614-07:00JIM: glad you like the byline, it's aimed at t...JIM: glad you like the byline, it's aimed at the hypocrisy of the political-industrial complex who make money out of our weakness and yet pretend to care. Much the same as with immigration, really. The 30,000 asylum-seekers we let in last year are no problem, we can handle that; the other 288,000 are.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-4112176415583245092015-08-29T20:56:24.269-07:002015-08-29T20:56:24.269-07:00Hi Sackerson
Maybe they are taking your blog byli...Hi Sackerson<br /><br />Maybe they are taking your blog byline too literally over there "Drink Gamble and Fornicate Responsibly."<br /><br />England and Northern Europe make the news almost everyday with all the immigrants trying to sneak in. The 70 that died in that truck the other day was pretty nasty. Feeding them all could be a real problem. It's a little like the relative that visits you for a weekend and stays for years.Jim in San Marcoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435296419912935381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-50434207747745167152015-08-29T20:41:46.380-07:002015-08-29T20:41:46.380-07:00Hi Joseph
You may be overlooking the fact that ev...Hi Joseph<br /><br />You may be overlooking the fact that everyone rushed out to drill for oil in the Midwest. It didn't cost much to borrow great sums of money from the banks with the promise of profit at Oil above $80 a barrel. Very few of the drillers have deep pockets, they are pretty much all ruined. 30 dollar a barrel profit on oil seemed like a cakewalk for everyone investing. Oil dropping to $40 was a real surprise.<br /><br />We have some serious unemployment in the oilfields now.Jim in San Marcoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435296419912935381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-4866615418034494252015-08-29T15:52:28.197-07:002015-08-29T15:52:28.197-07:00FYI, the last time oil dropped to our recent low, ...FYI, the last time oil dropped to our recent low, ended the Great Recession. This time, a real economic bonanza. Oil, part of the story, but nat gas the real story. Henry Ford's original cars could also run on alcohol (methanol, etc), a perfect fuel, but big oil was the real culprit for Prohibition. So, LNG (methanol), where the US is king, is the next engine of our greatness.Joseph Oppenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037175611181710409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-24184450443428165242015-08-29T05:52:11.974-07:002015-08-29T05:52:11.974-07:00The world is the most peaceful (% dying from war),...The world is the most peaceful (% dying from war), prosperous (% above poverty), healthy, literate/educated, etc.<br /><br />Sorry for facts.<br /><br />Joseph Oppenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037175611181710409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-70595501802598358392015-08-28T18:10:41.022-07:002015-08-28T18:10:41.022-07:00Western society has devised it's own populatio...Western society has devised it's own population control. Look at Japan for an example. Not all countries can control their populations through social norms, but some can. Look at how we have setup the young people in America: low wages, large student debt, insane housing prices in California. How many young people will want to raise a family in their parent's garage? Contrast this with post WW2, where the government wanted people to have children.<br /><br />AIMs food plan is great if you are living in a western country. But if everyone on earth implements that plan...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-67713892232422641162015-08-27T00:41:33.707-07:002015-08-27T00:41:33.707-07:00There is no shortage of food in Western Europe, wh...There is no shortage of food in Western Europe, where without immigration the population numbers would be declining. When people have food security and the prospect of an old age supported by the wider community, they seem to have less incentive to breed.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-59301073810482177942015-08-27T00:13:28.646-07:002015-08-27T00:13:28.646-07:00Restricting the food supply is an effective way of...Restricting the food supply is an effective way of controlling population growth. If you completely eliminate food shortages across the world, another way will be devised to limit the growth. War comes to mind.<br /><br />Rabbit breeding can get out of hand if they have an unlimited food supply and you are not able to kill them off.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-87170210417993061102015-08-26T03:19:28.619-07:002015-08-26T03:19:28.619-07:00Actually, what I really meant was that food doesn&...Actually, what I really meant was that food doesn't even need to be subject to capital requirements, creation and supply lines. Today, anyone anywhere (and in any environment) can be independent and self-sufficient by producing their own food via these technologies: solar, green houses, algae pools, vertical farming, hydro-ponics, perma-culture, sprouting, chicken and rabbit breeding, etc.<br /><br />A small and inexpensive amount of equipment and a little education and training could set up a village to be able to feed itself; a country to be able to feed itself; a continent to be able to feed itself.<br /><br />No one any longer need be dependent. Only vested and special interests block the way. The evil on this planet needs to be targeted and expunged. AIMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-39001382925548982015-08-26T03:10:33.962-07:002015-08-26T03:10:33.962-07:00Jim,
I guess I should amend my statement to:
With...Jim,<br />I guess I should amend my statement to:<br /><br />With the knowledge and technologies that we have available today, AND A METHOD TO STOP GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE CORRUPTION, food shortages should never occur... anywhere.AIMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-13459161865060450142015-08-25T21:14:28.830-07:002015-08-25T21:14:28.830-07:00Hi AIM
When you see 50 pound bags of rice for sal...Hi AIM<br /><br />When you see 50 pound bags of rice for sale in a store and they have "Red Cross" printed on them and "not for resale" stamped all over them, it gives you a new sense of reality. <br /><br />We are not talking about a food shortage, but rather people who cannot pay for food. Its a fine line, but it is real.Jim in San Marcoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435296419912935381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-49003399303907698212015-08-25T01:41:33.696-07:002015-08-25T01:41:33.696-07:00With the knowledge and technologies that we have a...With the knowledge and technologies that we have available today, food shortages should never occur... anywhere.aimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-56171312197009561522015-08-23T23:15:41.264-07:002015-08-23T23:15:41.264-07:00Grim.Grim.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.com