Food for Oil

Jeff Jewell · Post by **Jeff Jewell** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:49 am

I read where foreign country's were jumping on our Sec of agriculture over the rise in food prices... So I got to thinking about how much food is raised in the middle east... It might be time to raise the price of a bushel of corn to match a barrel of oil, with subsidys for us of course.... They will starve before we run out of gas....

Steve Reed · Post by **Steve Reed** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:16 am

most of the middle east eats rice and other products grown in the asian continent

although many many imports are from the US... medicine is a top one that I've heard

it really is disgusting when the oil industy is making record profits and we are having to pay record prices... but the inflation rate of gas is still under the national inflation rate of all other products so i guess we cannot complain too much

my friends dad works in a high position for chevron in kazakstan (sp ) yes its a real place....and they are producing as much oil as they ever have

SHAFT · Post by **SHAFT** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:39 am

Here is a little fun fact about rice consumption in the USA

There is a large domestic industrial use of rice for beer. In particular, the largest user is Anheuser Busch for use in itâ€™s Budweiser beer.

kopper_bass · Post by **kopper_bass** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:15 pm

The USA is the 4th largest exporter of rice amd is considerered the leader in high quality rice. The US actually won the world taste test held in Japan. Thailand is the biggest exporter in the world, since 1981.

So, taxing rice could be a possible consideration..... hmm!

Kopper_Bass

Bill K · Post by **Bill K** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:01 pm

Hey there is a idea. Charge the middle eastern countrys the same price, per barrell, for wheat as they charge for grude. I wonder if the price would not go down. Don't give them that wheat (UN, Food relief, etc) for free. Bill K

ash · Post by **ash** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:15 am

I thought we were changin our food into fuel? and that is part of the rise of food costs, of course the 4.00 a gallon doesnt include the federal tax on fuel of .25 that goes into affect this summer.