Yes, last summer the price of corn rose to peak highs in the range of $8.00/bushel along with the spike in oil prices, then corn dropped to in the $2.80 range by December, now is creeping back up again. That's a lot of volatility. Bankrupt a couple ethanol plants (boo hoo). The good news is that CAFOs aren't profitable with high oil and commodity prices. Donna On Jan 9, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Bill Witt wrote: > This is a very good article; do read it. There is one very large > area that it doesn't address, however, and that's the tentacular > influence of oil on the worldwide industrial food and commodity > system and the havoc that in turn is wreaking on ecologies, > communities, cultures and economies world-wide. > > Bill Witt > > Quoting Thomas Mathews <[log in to unmask]>: > >> _http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175018/michael_t_klare_the_problem_with_cheap >> _oil_ >> (http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175018/michael_t_klare_the_problem_with_cheap_oil >> ) >> >> This is a must-read article! >> >> There is one slight error: >> >> "Like Russia, these countries adopted expansive budgets on the >> assumption >> that a world of $70 or more per barrel gas prices would continue >> indefinitely." >> --The author means oil prices, not gas prices. >> >> Tom >> **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in >> just 2 easy >> steps! >> (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215047751x1200957972/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx >> ?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De >> cemailfooterNO62) >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: >> [log in to unmask] >> >> Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: >> http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp >> >> To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: >> http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: > [log in to unmask] > > Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: > http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp > > Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship > e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's > latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent > editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/ > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/