Global bacon shortage 'unavoidable'
Newsbot @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:44 pm
Title: Global bacon shortage 'unavoidable'
Category: Economics
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2012-09-25 09:36:26
Canadian
saturn_656 @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:44 pm
$1:
U.S. laws that mandate a certain percentage of the corn crop go into ethanol fuel for the transportation industry had lit a fire under corn prices even before the drought. The size of the continent's corn crop has been rising for a decade, before falling precipitously this year.
One of the dumbest things I've seen the US FedGov do yet for the following reasons:
1) Driving up the cost of corn and makes less available for food and feed.
2) Ethanol blended gas negatively impacts fuel milage.
3) Ethanol blened gas destroys small engines. I've seen the effects first hand on outboard marine engines, lawnmowers, etc.
BartSimpson @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:53 pm
NO BACON????? That f*cker in the White House has GOT TO GO!!!!
2Cdo @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:54 pm
saturn_656 saturn_656:
$1:
U.S. laws that mandate a certain percentage of the corn crop go into ethanol fuel for the transportation industry had lit a fire under corn prices even before the drought. The size of the continent's corn crop has been rising for a decade, before falling precipitously this year.
One of the dumbest things I've seen the US FedGov do yet for the following reasons:
1) Driving up the cost of corn and makes less available for food and feed.
2) Ethanol blended gas negatively impacts fuel milage.
3) Ethanol blened gas destroys small engines. I've seen the effects first hand on outboard marine engines, lawnmowers, etc.
Bingo.
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DrCaleb @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:00 pm
saturn_656 saturn_656:
$1:
U.S. laws that mandate a certain percentage of the corn crop go into ethanol fuel for the transportation industry had lit a fire under corn prices even before the drought. The size of the continent's corn crop has been rising for a decade, before falling precipitously this year.
One of the dumbest things I've seen the US FedGov do yet for the following reasons:
1) Driving up the cost of corn and makes less available for food and feed.
2) Ethanol blended gas negatively impacts fuel milage.
3) Ethanol blened gas destroys small engines. I've seen the effects first hand on outboard marine engines, lawnmowers, etc.
Totally agree with 1.
But 2), yes but it also extends oil supplies with a renweable source. (should be switchgrass, not corn)
and 3) It's corrosive, so if the engine isn't designed for it - don't use it!
saturn_656 @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:09 pm
DrCaleb DrCaleb:
3) It's corrosive, so if the engine isn't designed for it - don't use it!
Kind of hard to find regular gas without ethanol these days...
2Cdo @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:10 pm
saturn_656 saturn_656:
DrCaleb DrCaleb:
3) It's corrosive, so if the engine isn't designed for it - don't use it!
Kind of hard to find regular gas without ethanol these days...
The only place I know is a few marinas.
Regina @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:32 pm
It's a Jewish conspiracy! 
BartSimpson @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:41 pm
Regina Regina:
It's a Jewish conspiracy!
Old joke:
What is a Jewish dilemma?
Free ham.
Regina @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:43 pm
DrCaleb @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:50 pm
2Cdo 2Cdo:
saturn_656 saturn_656:
DrCaleb DrCaleb:
3) It's corrosive, so if the engine isn't designed for it - don't use it!
Kind of hard to find regular gas without ethanol these days...
The only place I know is a few marinas.
It's not a big deal to retrofit. Get rid of rubber fuel lines, cork gaskets . . .
Besides the point though. My bacon supply is safe. I don't get it from the stores, I get the pork belly from a farmer, and cure and smoke it myself. Mmmmmmm! And easy too!
Regina @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:54 pm
I'm not worried either.........I'm getting mine from DrCaleb now. 
Dragon-Dancer @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:59 pm
Meh... I don't eat enough of the stuff to be overly worried about it. Now if there were a curry shortage heads would roll!
Brenda @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:08 pm
*trolls*
I do not like bacon
saturn_656 @ Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:45 pm
I like bacon, I like pork! Run little piggy I've got a fork!