Food shortage ethanol follies, I've planted a food garden.
George wrote
Frank wrote
U.S. Rice is abundant. We grow twice as much rice as we eat. Sam's Club is rationing only ethnic rice. Ordinary
long-grain, white rice is cheaper than dirt - take as much as you want.
That maybe the case in your area, but we couldn't find any either at
the local Sam's Club or Costco stores. No Texas long grain or other
type of rice. I'd checked Costo again yesterday, the shelves were
empty of rice as usual for the last few weeks, lots of beans though,
LOL. Rice prices are very high and if I'm not mistaken, it has
already triple for the year.
What we are seeing is the result of deciding to grind up food (corn, grains, rice) to make ethanol to keep the SUVs
going without planning where that extra food will come from. At least we have alternatives here. How about the people
in poor countries who depend on rice for food but we bought it to make ethanol?
That isnt what is happening with rice.
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