Food Wars

[Charlie Bell]

On 24/04/2008, at 4:37 AM, jon louis mann wrote:
>
> sendai, i think the last part of your response was truncated?  i
> believe people in western countries will suffer far less from food
> riots because food plentiful;

Doesn't take much disruption in the supply chain to cause havoc.

> compared to undeveloped countries where
> people are literally starving to death.  i live in satan monica,
> california, where many homeless are obese.  sure prices are higher,  
> but
> people still drive their BMWs and complain about the price of gas.

Petrol in Melbourne is now $1.51 a litre (USD1.43 a litre, or about  
$5.70 a gallon).

Charlie.