An interesting article about Oil Production

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary:

The rising cost of food in this country is directly related to the price of fuel and nothing else. Period.

Originally Posted by richlevy:

I usually have a problem with phrases like 'always' and 'nothing else'. While I'll agree that energy costs in the supply chain have a lot to do with it, you can't discount natural disasters and drought (possibly more frequent/damaging due to global warming) and rising demand in third world nations that are becoming wealthier.

Note my comment "in this country", frankly I am not as concerned about third world nations issues as I am about the costs directly affecting our country.

[xoxoxoBruce]

But demand, and the cash to buy, in the rest of the world affects the prices here too.