Ethanol!

Wow, I can actually use the internet, can't I? Maybe I should DO stuff on it! That might be a good idea. Oooo... I can link y'all to the Fija website!



Bet'cha soy sauce prises will have skyrocketed by the end of the year.

"Where did he get that from?" you wonder.

"It's because of Ethanol," I say.

"What's this crazy talk?" you ask in return.

Ethanol drives up the worth of corn through the roof. So who wants to plant anything else? Why plant soybeans when you can make so much more money with corn? Why use your fields for anything besides corn for that matter?

Well, just looking out the windows I can see this is what all the farmers are thinking. Almost no one has planted soybeans this year. Usually the fields are about half corn, half soybean. Switching between the two makes for a nice crop rotation. And with the Kikomon plant just down the road, the soybeans are quite useful.

It's not just going to be soy sauce prices going up. Even with the increase in corn production, we'll still see a rise in corn prises. We'll have less wheat and hay fields, because they will be converted over to corn. Flower and bread prices will go up. Beef, chicken, and pork prices will rise because they'll be harder to feed. (The vegetarians wont get off so easy though, tofu is a soy product. ;) ) All dairy, and egg, prices will go with the beef and chicken.

In short, we have new competition for our food. The cars need it too. Everyone knows what happens when the demand for a product rises faster than its supply.

Everyone say, "Yay for big government!" :P

Let's just hope the prices don't go up too much.