It just goes to show: A shortage of one commodity can lead to a shortage of another.

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TAFKASE — 4/15/2008 3:17:20 AM (archived)

I would think that Egypt could grow enough food for their own population...

Maybe I'm mistaken, and then maybe they have shifted away from food and into bio-fuel crops of their own.

We live in interesting times.

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Grain prices up 120%.... - carl - 4/14/2008 10:00:02 PM
- It just goes to show: A shortage of one commodity can lead to a shortage of another. - TAFKASE - 4/15/2008 3:17:20 AM
  - I heard on TV the other day that Egypt imports more food than any other nation. - alcaray - 4/15/2008 9:33:30 AM
    - re: I heard on TV the other day that Egypt imports more food than any other nation. - gbaikie - 4/15/2008 9:44:55 AM
      - How stupid is Brazil? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2008 9:54:16 AM
        
        re: How stupid is Brazil? - gbaikie - 4/15/2008 11:55:28 AM

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