On Sep 22, 2008, at 12:47 PM, leaking pen wrote:
The obese problem will go away? No. A good portion of the obesity
problem in the us is becuase cheap food is unhealthy food. Its not
just overeating, its that some people can only afford crap to eat.
True, but a person will lose weight by eating less crap. Nevertheless,
the effect will be an interesting experiment for us who only have to
watch.
Ed
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Edmund Storms
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
His prediction would be correct if nothing else happened. Now we
have two
additional variables in play. The first is a world-wide depression.
This
will reduce energy demand and reduce use of oil - for a while. By
the time
this is over, new sources and effective conservation methods will be
available. The second is the response of users. Already demand in
the US has
gone down. As the price of gasoline goes up, people find ways to
save or to
use other sources. This is not rocket science. A bigger fear is the
rise in
food prices. The obese problem will gradually go away and be
replaced by the
underweight problem. I wonder how the government will handle this
problem?
Ed
On Sep 22, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
I normally pay little attention to magazine articles with titles
like
this, but this one appears to be authoritative. See:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/15/news/economy/500dollaroil_okeefe.fortune/
Other oil experts make similar predictions but nowhere near as
dire in the
short term.
- Jed
