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Robert
You recently posted some interesting news about how
global temperature change is impacting the planting of
crops in different parts of the world.
It’s time to start worrying. Maybe you need to horde
food instead of hording money?
Unfortunately, many people are not seeing the facts, as
the news media is misdirecting the general population.
Steve Foster
Fort Mill, SC |
14 Apr 11 - The World Bank has warned that rising food prices, driven partly
by rising fuel costs, are pushing millions of people into extreme poverty.
World food prices are 36% above levels of a year ago, the bank said. Prices
of basic commodities remain close to their 2008 peak, with the prices of
wheat, maize and soya all rocketing.
The only exception is rice, which has fallen slightly in price in the past
year.
Among other measures, the World Bank is encouraging food-producing countries
to divert production away from biofuels production when food prices exceed
certain limits.
Other recommendations include targeting social assistance and nutritional
programs to the poorest, better weather forecasting, more investments in
agriculture, the adoption of new technologies - such as rice fortification
to make it more nutritious, and efforts to address climate change.
(Italics added)
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If they think we humans are causing "climate change" (code word
for human-caused global warming), then they're preparing for the
wrong set of circumstances.
Don't they realize that global temperatures are dropping?
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Food price changes Q1 2010 to Q1 2011
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Maize |
74% |
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Wheat |
69% |
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Palm oil |
55% |
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Soybeans |
36% |
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Beef |
30% |
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Rice |
-2%
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Source: World Bank Development Prospects Group |
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See entire article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13086979
Thanks to Steve Foster for this link
