Comments on: Gore Lied : People Died II http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/2008/04/14/gore-lied-people-died-ii/ Shadows stand tall at the dusk and the dawn of the day Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thanos http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/2008/04/14/gore-lied-people-died-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-6684 Thanos Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:43:55 +0000 http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/?p=2168#comment-6684 In the OPEC nations most of the populace is poor and wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few families or tyrants in each country. The food riots you saw in Haiti are also happening in Egypt. This crisis will affect the Islamic world greatly, and governments there could fall as well. The food crisis is expected to last the next six years, and is a combination of cold, energy prices, crop conversions, and the lower dollar. Expect to see all food tariffs across the world to fall, but replacing them will be food export controls. That will artificially shorten supplies in areas where there needn't be scarcity. East Europe and the Balkans will be put under a lot of stress by this, but Africa and the Islamic world are going to get hit the hardest. Every country has the ability to feed themselves if they focus on what is essential and not much else. In the US we will see some prices rise, and people will grumble, but it's not going to push people to starvation. The same holds true of Canada and Mexico where the economy is agrarian. A lot of the hard currency sent eastward the past few decades for oil will flow back westward and northward for food. In the OPEC nations most of the populace is poor and wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few families or tyrants in each country. The food riots you saw in Haiti are also happening in Egypt.

This crisis will affect the Islamic world greatly, and governments there could fall as well.

The food crisis is expected to last the next six years, and is a combination of cold, energy prices, crop conversions, and the lower dollar.

Expect to see all food tariffs across the world to fall, but replacing them will be food export controls. That will artificially shorten supplies in areas where there needn’t be scarcity. East Europe and the Balkans will be put under a lot of stress by this, but Africa and the Islamic world are going to get hit the hardest.

Every country has the ability to feed themselves if they focus on what is essential and not much else. In the US we will see some prices rise, and people will grumble, but it’s not going to push people to starvation. The same holds true of Canada and Mexico where the economy is agrarian.

A lot of the hard currency sent eastward the past few decades for oil will flow back westward and northward for food.

]]> By: wildbegger http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/2008/04/14/gore-lied-people-died-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-6677 wildbegger Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:29:11 +0000 http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/?p=2168#comment-6677 If energy prices don't go down, which I don't believe they will in the near future, the situation is only going to get worse. The U.N. does not seem to be able to get a handle on the crisis and some nations would rather ignore the problem unless it affects them. OPEC has got a strangle hold on the developed nations and has pushed the price of trying to assist the developing nations to a situation where there is going to be more rioting against their governments. If the U.N. could presssure OPEC to lower their price of oil then possibly we could stave off the coming world crisis for food. The nations who deal the most with OPEC are being blackmailed for energy and are not going to really apply much pressure on them... If energy prices don’t go down, which I don’t believe they will
in the near future, the situation is only going to get worse. The U.N. does not seem to be able to get a handle on the crisis and
some nations would rather ignore the problem unless it affects
them. OPEC has got a strangle hold on the developed nations
and has pushed the price of trying to assist the developing
nations to a situation where there is going to be more rioting
against their governments. If the U.N. could presssure OPEC to
lower their price of oil then possibly we could stave off the
coming world crisis for food. The nations who deal the most
with OPEC are being blackmailed for energy and are not going
to really apply much pressure on them…

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