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I too weep for the poor Saudis and their awful predicament :) lol
We oftern think that it is the developed world which will suffer the greatest calamities of peak oil but this article points out the great weakness of the Arabs which is their utter dependence on imported food.
Saudi Arabia will neeed to be nice to the food producing nations of the world if it wishes to eat.
In that vein I propose that the Oragnisation of Wheat Exporting Nations (OWEN) be convened forthwith to regulate the wheat export trade and regularise prices. I wonder what they'd think of that!
It's a two way street. How do you think you're going to fuel the farm machinery that makes all that wheat??
Well, if we were really serious about it, we could probably electrify agriculture pretty quickly, a lot easier than doing the whole transport network. Not so sure about the food distribution network obviously.
Richard C
Already been done.
Informally called the Seven Sisters' of Grain.
Food and grain cartels.
The international grain market lies under the control of politically connected cartels, some of which have been indicted in racketeering and market fixing practices.
Companies like:
Archer Daniel Midland, Continental, Cargill, Bunge and Louis Dreyfuss
(Add Con Agra)
represent a grain oligarchy, controlling over 90% of the worlds grain trade. They have no national interests; their primary concern is profit for their private shareholders, unaccountable to anybody but themselves. These mega-merchants have cornered the market for the worlds food, we are at their mercy.
Exporting grain is exporting water.
See Australia for details. 12.7 million tons this year. On top of
9.6 last, means Australia's a net importer.
Insightful post.
...and topsoil and fertilizer.