Re: Beer prices rise due to biofuel subsidies



James Robinson wrote:

It's one thing when the price of tortillas rises, but this has got to stop. There might be a tequila shortage, and the price of beer is rising. It seems that farmers are switching to crops that can be used to produce ethanol for fuel, since they can get subsidies for planting those crops:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18941618/

OK.

High gas prices - fine.

Lots of traffic - fine.

Mess with my beer - now I'm mad as hell.

:)
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