Anyone feel things are about to come to a head? Global food crisis, global warming etc etc..

[Locut0s]

First I'd like to distance myself from those that like the talk of Armageddon and cries of "the sky is falling". I distincly dislike the extremist frindge you hear talking about the end of the world comming, global warming is going to cause 200 foot sea rises, we will soon be thown back into the dark ages etc etc... Aside from being misinformed and usually completely uninterested in the actual facts their constant cries of wolf lull the rest of us into a false sense of security sometimes and blind us to the real wolves that are out there.

Global warming, the end of oil, population increase and pollution really are going to cause nightmarish problems down the road, if not the dystopian world many are crying about. Satellites aren't going to fall out of the sky and the global communications network isn't going to implode, we aren't going back to the horse and buggy. But that doesn't mean that hundreds of millions aren't at the risk of dyeing in the near future.

I see some very dangerous signs on the horizon that the press seems to be largely ignoring. The near 30 year high in global food prices, souring oil prices and growing hunger in the undeveloped world are a perfect storm in the making. Perhaps I wouldn't feel as jittery if there was more press coverage but all you hear from most of the major news outlets, US, Canadian and world wide are short 2 minute spinets on oil prices and the like while the vast majority of coverage remains local and global politics. For one thing there should at least be a very loud global consensus screaming at the US to stop its subsidized bio ethanol practice that has been a major source of the current global food crises to begin with and only serves to further exacerbate it. Unless something is done soon I fear the news of the deaths of tens of millions from starvation.

[Delphinus]

1. Yes, Locut0s,

I feel a perfect storm is brewing.

I'm not so sure we're *NOT* going back to the horse & buggy age - or simply walking everywhere we go. And starvation is occurring right now - maybe not the tens of millions (yet) and certainly no one is talking about the hungry in this country, but countries (or states) in Africa are starving.

Edit to add a story I just finished reading that ties into this:
Soaring energy costs are about to change everything
http://www.macleans.ca/business/economy/article.jsp?content=20080528_21002_21002&page=1

[Locut0s]

2. Interesting article thanks. Such articles often have that surprised scared....

"you mean it's really happening" tone to them. $200 a barrel oil is just around the corner and we will all be feeling it not just at the gas pump but everywhere. The price of everything is starting to increase and increase fast. One wonders where global inflation will be going in the near future?