(03-22-2022, 03:25 AM)Snarl Wrote:Quote:The White House confirmed Monday they expect certain parts of the world to suffer a food shortage as an effect of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
“We do anticipate that higher energy fertilizer, wheat, and corn prices could impact the price of growing and purchasing critical food supplies for countries around the world,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.
They're warming us up to the inevitability of empty shelves ... and not no panic buying emptiness ... but long-haul Depression Era shortages.
I wonder this: If America experiences a food shortage, will the greenies stop adding ethanol to our gas? Yeah ... I didn't think so either.
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The middle east who depend so heavily on Ukrainian wheat and oil will be hardest hit. They face an actual famine.
The rest of the world won't likely be able to make up for the shortages completely because this is coming after a drought year, so this will absolutely drive prices up even here. Things like pasta, bread: high calorie staples the poor depend on will be more difficult to both get, and afford.