> From: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:27:52 -0700, Jan Steinman wrote:
>
>>>
>>> In other words, world grain production is NOT in decline, but is in
>>> fact increasing. But not as fast as demand, thus a "relative"
>>> decline exists.
>
> Please. You're equating a short term response to market forces to a
> long term change in production capacity.
So you disagree with the "six out of the past seven years" part in
the references I supplied? That's how long the reserves have been
falling, and that production has lagged demand. Sounds "long term" to
me!
Of course, if your definition of "long term" is the run-up over the
past half-century, while fossil energy was incredibly cheap, then
we'll just have to agree to disagree.
:::: The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.
-- George W. Bush ::::
:::: Jan Steinman <http://www.VeggieVanGogh.com> ::::
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