As Things Progress....

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  1. Don Alaska

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    Fertilizer prices are now reported to have tripled in some food producing regions, and gas and diesel only add to the cost of planting crops. I have read reports the the "regen" fluid required for new diesels is beginning to be in short supply, as much of the ingredients for that came from Russia. Add it all together, and the yields of crops worldwide will be down, and/or the amount of cropland planted will decrease. A 20% decrease in food production is predicted by some, which will perhaps lead to a doubling of food costs by next winter. Russia has apparently dropped copyright and patent enforcement, so anyone previously doing business in Russia will, in all likelihood, find it impossible to renter the Russian markets ever again.

    It seems that this would be the time for Republicans in Congress, and Democrats with pro-energy stances like Joe Manchin, to put forward a bill to reopen the pipelines and domestic energy production that were shutdown by executive orders during the first days of the current administration and see if Biden has the will to veto that in the current state of affairs, with high food costs, gas and diesel costs, and heating bills.
     
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