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This thread shines light on the fact the Lit right wing will overlook blatant hypocrisy and double-speak that they won't call out one of their own. Makes me miss Firespin a little.
 
I didn't read the whole thread :eek:

BUT I do feel like just having about 25% of my paycheck direct deposited straight to Sprouts & Tom Thumb ... but that's cause I'm feeding a teenage boy, LOL

How the hell do boys eat so much and stay so thin? kid has a hollow leg or somethin'
 
redheadedtxn said:
I didn't read the whole thread :eek:

BUT I do feel like just having about 25% of my paycheck direct deposited straight to Sprouts & Tom Thumb ... but that's cause I'm feeding a teenage boy, LOL

How the hell do boys eat so much and stay so thin? kid has a hollow leg or somethin'
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A gallon of milk, a loaf of bread and half a bucket of peanut butter is a single serving at that age. Usually will hold them over until dinner...

:D
 


Well, when you burn 40% of your corn ( maize ) production for fuel, it shouldn't come as a big surprise that supply just might be constrained a tad.

If you go back four or five years ago when we were talking about $40 a barrel of oil, there's a little over 300,000 BTUs in a bushel of corn. And at $40 a barrel of oil, the energy value of that corn -- just put a match to it and burn it -- is worth about $2.50 a bushel. At $100 a barrel of oil -- just put a match to it, just burn it -- the energy value of that corn is worth about $6.50 a bushel. And understand that, as those values change, everything within the chain has to adjust into that different value.
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-Bob Young
Chief Economist
American Farm Bureau​


http://www.minyanville.com/dailyfee...n/?camp=syndication&medium=portals&from=yahoo



Mr. Young's assertion of the energy value of a bushel of corn ( maize ) caught my attention and I attempted to reproduce his results. As seen below, I don't get the exact same answer— but close enough.

Feel free to take a crack at the problem.


Code: 
If,

1 Barrel of Petroleum = 5,800,000 BTUs and
1 Bushel of Corn=	300,000 BTUs,
	
then,  0.0517 BTU is the energy content of 1 Bushel of Corn ( Maize )
 relative to 1 Barrel of Petroleum	
		

therefore,
			
[COLOR="Blue"]@ $40/Barrel of Petroleum,	
	$2.07 is the BTU Value of a Bushel of Corn ( Maize )[/COLOR]	
					
and					
[COLOR="blue"]@ $100/Barrel of Petroleum	
	$5.17 is the BTU Value of a Bushel of Corn ( Maize )[/COLOR]
 
Lancecastor said:
Talk about inflation, oy vay....when I was a boy, a 12 oz bottle of Coca Cola was 10 Cents.

When it went up to 12, a 20% increase!, we were OUTRAGED!
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And its not worth more than a dime today.

When Henry Ford built cars the price of the Model T declined every year. Ten years ago my computer cost me $700; the new one cost me $400. So how is a dime can of sugar water worth 80 or 90 cents?

I looked for a plain jane pickup like they built till 1970...6 cylinder, stick shift, heater, plastic floor mats. They dont make them now. The labor cost is the same regardless of whether its a plain jane work truck or a go to the drive in model.
 
I really like the small packaging. I'm saving money because I'm throwing away less. Since I spend extra money for locally grown, I've been paying more for a long time and it's worth it to me. I haven't really seen my organic prices go up much...

I buy a one pound box of sugar and it lasts a year.
I have driven about 1000 miles in the past 5 months so gas prices haven't affected my budget.

I go to farmers markets when they are open because it is more expensive to grow my own.

I had beef for the first time in weeks last night, and, I could do without that. Inflated cow prices could be a problem for me because I do like leather. I am happy to pay for shoes that are stylish (by my definition), are suitable for walking about 5 miles a day and consider them a bargain. When I made $5 an hour, I didn't think anything about paying $20 for a pair of shoes.... I'd pay 4 times my hourly wage for a pair of shoes today, too, if they met my comfort level.

And Cadbury Eggs are out for Easter...Inflation makes no difference. I'll still buy.



We make our choices on who we want to support with our dollars or euros or whatever. We pay for our choices one way or another. We chose our own level of consumerism. And why do we need to consume so much, even when it comes to food?

Deal.
 
ksmybuttons said:
I really like the small packaging. I'm saving money because I'm throwing away less. Since I spend extra money for locally grown, I've been paying more for a long time and it's worth it to me. I haven't really seen my organic prices go up much...

I buy a one pound box of sugar and it lasts a year.
I have driven about 1000 miles in the past 5 months so gas prices haven't affected my budget.

I go to farmers markets when they are open because it is more expensive to grow my own.

I had beef for the first time in weeks last night, and, I could do without that. Inflated cow prices could be a problem for me because I do like leather. I am happy to pay for shoes that are stylish (by my definition), are suitable for walking about 5 miles a day and consider them a bargain. When I made $5 an hour, I didn't think anything about paying $20 for a pair of shoes.... I'd pay 4 times my hourly wage for a pair of shoes today, too, if they met my comfort level.

And Cadbury Eggs are out for Easter...Inflation makes no difference. I'll still buy.



We make our choices on who we want to support with our dollars or euros or whatever. We pay for our choices one way or another. We chose our own level of consumerism. And why do we need to consume so much, even when it comes to food?

Deal.
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nicely stated, ksmy
 
vetteman said:
The cost saving benefits of better more efficiently productive technology, in a lot of cases, are often simply "taxed" away by government inflation, regulation, and taxes.
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Ah! The governments enough to make cynics of everyone.
 
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