by Tom Acre » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:40 pm
The price of petroleum and the price of food are more closely linked than most realize. Almost every phase of our (United States of America) agricultural technology (which is being used by most of the world now) depends directly on oil. From the machines that plant, fertilize, and harvest to the fertilizer itself and the packaging, shipping and distribution, all of it depends on petroleum and the petrochemical industry. Aside from computer and information systems, there is no other that we all depend upon more. Nearly 7,000,000,000 people are simultaneously alive today b/c of it; like it or not no one has found anything to replace it. And most people just take it for granted, as if everything just magically happens and will continue no matter what.
The price of petroleum and the price of food are more closely linked than most realize. Almost every phase of our (United States of America) agricultural technology (which is being used by most of the world now) depends directly on oil. From the machines that plant, fertilize, and harvest to the fertilizer itself and the packaging, shipping and distribution, all of it depends on petroleum and the petrochemical industry. Aside from computer and information systems, there is no other that we all depend upon more. Nearly 7,000,000,000 people are simultaneously alive today b/c of it; like it or not no one has found anything to replace it. And most people just take it for granted, as if everything just magically happens and will continue no matter what.