Originally Posted by infoseek

Can everybody see what's going on here?

Who do you think want us to accept:

High oil prices curb consumption.

• The fact is, you can't consume that much more even if it's $1.00/gallon. You can't consume that much less even if it's $6/gallon.
• All you're doing is buying into snake oilers' justification for their windfall profits.

High oil prices induced high food prices curb consumption.
We're not agri based economy because of scale and efficiency. The small additional amount of energy spend on food means a lot more output or lives. Speculation over lives for the good of those who are starving to death?

Talk about cool-aid...