End of the World

I have been inundated with news of impending doom today. It is all very feasable, and all very scary. Scott just chimed in with a link everyone should check out (see comments from: "Black Gold" yesterday). This is something big on top of big news I heard this morning. Margins on corn and wheat just moved up almost 50% overnight. This means that prices for this stuff is going to be ridiculous this year. All of the laws we passed for cooking corn for our cars is looking very stupid right now. There are many articles that talk about the ridiculous amount of corn it takes to get just one gallon of ethanol. Here's a good article:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/SuperModels/CouldWeReallyRunOutOfFood.aspx?page=1

This lack of food is very important and a HUGE problem in the 'big picture'. I was going to joke about how this will cause the price of beer to go up, but I'm growing more concerned about how much it will be to eat, let alone enjoy a pint of my favorite suds.

And to make matters worse, the big oil problem could compound VERY rapidly. I am in the business of toys that require fuel. This is not good. I've been tossing around the idea of adding on a fuel system to my Jeep that would enable it to run on Propane (LPG)-yes, the same stuff you use in your gas grill. I think it's going to be something I seriously consider doing. The only real disadvantage is having to store a big tank for LPG fuel, most likely behind the seats, which would limit my capacity for storage. We'll see what happens.

CZ