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you can make the same argument that diverting corn to feed cattle raises food prices As far as I can figure out, diverting corn to feed cattle raises corn pric
by hugh3 15y ago
you can make the same argument that diverting corn to feed cattle raises food prices
As far as I can figure out, diverting corn to feed cattle raises corn prices and lowers beef prices.
Since beef eats up a much larger fraction of my grocery budget than corn (and is, additionally, far more delicious) I'm cool with this.
- positr0n 15y agoYes that's his point I believe. It's ok for us wealthy nations full of meat lovers. But a billion starving people say otherwise. (At least that's my understanding of the debate).
- lutorm 15y agoKind of my point. But it's only ok for wealthy nations if you don't care about oil consumption, either due to energy security or CO2 concerns.
- lutorm 15y agoSure, but that just means you aren't price sensitive. By the same rationale, some people might use enough gasoline that they don't care whether food prices go up because it's more important to keep gas prices low. I spend 1/10 as much on gas as on food, so I'm the other way. The problem with the food price argument is that it's usually put in terms of the poor people starving because food prices go up. And if that's your argument, you have several worse problems that should be fixed first.