Comments on: The Truth about Oil (and food) http://fiveboxes.com/more.php/2008/04/21/the-truth-about-oil-and-food/ The Five Boxes of Liberty: the Soapbox, the Mailbox, the Ballot Box, the Jury Box, the Ammunition Box. Use in that order. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:49:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Mark http://fiveboxes.com/more.php/2008/04/21/the-truth-about-oil-and-food/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Mark Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:14:59 +0000 http://fiveboxes.com/?p=131#comment-150 By the way, pulled pork is much better Kansas City style than Carolina style. By the way, pulled pork is much better Kansas City style than Carolina style.

]]> By: Mark http://fiveboxes.com/more.php/2008/04/21/the-truth-about-oil-and-food/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Mark Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:12:55 +0000 http://fiveboxes.com/?p=131#comment-149 I read recently that if all the cars in our nation were to be fueled by 100% ethanol, it would require that 97% of the country be corn fields. Also, it costs $1.25 to create a dollars worth of ethanol. That's like trying to get rich by paying $1.25 for every dollar you earn. We need to investigate more profitable means of manufacturing fuel, including nuclear, air, and water power. Ethanol isn't going to work. I read recently that if all the cars in our nation were to be fueled by 100% ethanol, it would require that 97% of the country be corn fields. Also, it costs $1.25 to create a dollars worth of ethanol. That’s like trying to get rich by paying $1.25 for every dollar you earn. We need to investigate more profitable means of manufacturing fuel, including nuclear, air, and water power. Ethanol isn’t going to work.

]]> By: patriot http://fiveboxes.com/more.php/2008/04/21/the-truth-about-oil-and-food/comment-page-1/#comment-145 patriot Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:13:27 +0000 http://fiveboxes.com/?p=131#comment-145 And a day without a pulled pork sandwich smothered in Carolina sauce is like a day without sunshine! And a day without a pulled pork sandwich smothered in Carolina sauce is like a day without sunshine!

]]> By: Josh Fetzer http://fiveboxes.com/more.php/2008/04/21/the-truth-about-oil-and-food/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Josh Fetzer Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:51:02 +0000 http://fiveboxes.com/?p=131#comment-144 I work in the pork industry and I can verify that what you're saying is exactly correct. Right now, the ethanol initiative is so strong, it's driving the price of corn up as high as you've listed in your post. The other thing that's driving the price of corn up is futures. Basically, last year we had record acreage of corn grown. This year, a lot less acres will be planted with corn because of certain soils lacking key nutrients needed so farmers have to plant soybeans or wheat instead. Pork farmers are losing their asses right now thanks to all this corn reaching record highs. Some of them are ready to just walk away entirely, which creates a host of other problems (environmental, community, etc.). And these farmers are not bad guys - a little uneducated at times? Sure. But that doesn't make them bad people. Most of them are really concerned about the environment and being sensitive to neighbors about manure management, etc. So what happens when these guys, who grow our meat, start disappearing? That's the million dollar question, and pork is yet another food item where we're going to see prices rise like crazy. I work in the pork industry and I can verify that what you’re saying is exactly correct. Right now, the ethanol initiative is so strong, it’s driving the price of corn up as high as you’ve listed in your post. The other thing that’s driving the price of corn up is futures. Basically, last year we had record acreage of corn grown. This year, a lot less acres will be planted with corn because of certain soils lacking key nutrients needed so farmers have to plant soybeans or wheat instead.

Pork farmers are losing their asses right now thanks to all this corn reaching record highs. Some of them are ready to just walk away entirely, which creates a host of other problems (environmental, community, etc.). And these farmers are not bad guys – a little uneducated at times? Sure. But that doesn’t make them bad people. Most of them are really concerned about the environment and being sensitive to neighbors about manure management, etc.

So what happens when these guys, who grow our meat, start disappearing? That’s the million dollar question, and pork is yet another food item where we’re going to see prices rise like crazy.

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