Apparently there isn’t enough food to go around and about 100,000,000 (that’s 100 million) people will go into the poverty/starving category of humanity in the following months/year on top of an already 1 billion to 1.5 billion who are already in that category.  Of course that’s what the UN is telling us and they couldn’t count any number of “things” if they tried really hard.  We can assume that at least 50 million more people are going into the impoverished category, where they won’t be able to afford gas and foods as there is no doubt, even by the UN’s always outlandish estimates, a consensus on the fact that these two staples of life are increasing in price, in some places by as much as 25%, without inflation which in America is at 4%.

CNN seems to be reminding me every day that there is worldwide turmoil and there are riots around every nationalistic corner and sure enough in a few minutes the sky will open up and the world will finally be rid of those bible belting Christians.  However, to CNN’s dismay, I’m sure, the world still turn andproblems still persist.

Many are pointing the cause for the worldwide food shortage problem at a higher demand for food products to convert into ethanol, which creates less of a food supply for consumption.  What nobody really seems to have numbers for is how much has the demand for ethanol grown?  I mean I live in a city where there are at least 10 gas stations and not a single one serves ethanol, and while we are a minuscule percentage of the world, where exactly is all this ethanol going.  The fact is if ethanol isn’t the problem, then there is a bigger problem out there which could be really bad, and if I could underline really I would.

Moving CNN’s fear mongering to the side, I have no doubt that if the problems of today aren’t solved tomorrow, they will result in even worse conditions in the future, where history is our predictor.