I've not noticed any rice rationing or price increases at Taco Bell, so in the US anyway, I think we are fine...
For some of you, it's really stretching what you are capable of. If someone is going to come and post NUMEROUS long posts, ranting that they believe something, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask them, nay, to expect them to know how they came to those conclusions. Reality is, the poster is full of hot air. Anyone can come up with a theory or opinion, some of us actually read and research the things we talk about.
Dude, you've made 6,467 posts in this forum in a short amount of time. It's okay to admit you don't have a lot of other responsibilities to attend to. Besides, am I really supposed to believe that you're going to change your viewpoints because I create an 8,000 word document? Hell no you won't. You will still be the same Ron Paul worshipping, Mises-loving, "Guerrila" that you always were.
BTW, I thought we all agreed that Americans need to lose some weight anyway. So this looks like a perfect opportunity to do so. Gas is too expensive to drive our cars anymore, the "Depression" is making us lose our appetites, and now we're running out of rice. Looks like we'll be slimming up this summer.
I'm pretty much maintaining the same pace many other top posters here do. Or that I multi-task? I probably put out 3 times as many posts total on all of the forums I am on, that I do here each day. I wasn't even debating with you, so I'm not even sure what your POV is. And I don't need 8,000 words, just some simple facts. ie. Export was X tons in 2007, consumption was Y tons in 2007, and SOURCE. Pretty straightforward to me. I don't worship Ron Paul and I don't love Mises. But I do like that they have the courage of conviction, to speak the truth and make progressing the philosophy surrounding free market capitalism a large portion of their lives. I mean, how can someone not appreciate men devoted to liberty and freedom?
And some of us get our information from a variety of sources and can't always refer to a link when some bully demands that I spend the afternoon searching out figures. Anyway, since you want hypertext links, here are a few. Knock yourself out. http://theneededbiofuels.blogspot.com/2007/11/petroleum-vs-biofuels.html http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/analysispaper/biomass.html http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/ http://www.biodiesel.org/