Tidbits about what is going on in the world around us.
World food prices rose to a record in December on higher sugar, grain and oilseed costs, the United Nations said, exceeding levels reached in 2008 that sparked deadly riots from Haiti to Egypt.
An index of 55 food commodities tracked by the Food and Agriculture Organization gained for a sixth month to 214.7 points, above...
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Californians can start saying goodbye to traditional 100-watt incandescent light bulbs now that the state has become the first in the country to require a new standard for the screw-base bulbs.
The new standard, passed in 2007 by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, becomes effective nationwide on Jan. 1, 2012. But California...
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Here are just a few of the hundreds of articles that have come out in the past month that point to rising food prices worldwide. Read Article…..
You thought 2010 was bad? Well, you haven’t seen anything yet. 2010 was a Sunday picnic compared to what is coming. Get ready to get squeezed. Get ready for higher food prices, higher gas prices, higher health insurance premiums and...
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Wow – look what Gold and Silver prices are doing today! Good for everyone that owns some, but I see it more as an indication of what the future holds. When investors/wealthy people get scared, they buy gold as a hedge against inflation – all that buying causes the price to...
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Floods in Pakistan, droughts in Russia, rising grain prices. According to award-winning Australian science writer Julian Cribb, these are warning signs of an impending disaster that will dwarf the financial crisis.
Read this, share this – encourage others to start prepping.
The next global crisis: Hungry millions, on the move – The Globe and...
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A new study from the National Academy of Sciences outlines grim possibilities on Earth for a worst-case scenario solar storm.
Damage to power grids and other communications systems could be catastrophic, the scientists conclude, with effects leading to a potential loss of governmental control of the situation.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,478024,00.html
Wildfires, floods, crippling droughts, and even a threatened plague of locusts have wrecked crops and ruined harvests around the world, raising fears of global food inflation shortage and food riots.
But as they hose off the dust and chaff caked on their exhausted combine harvesters, farmers in America’s plain states are adjusting to something possibly...
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Experts warn that overall food-price inflation is inevitable, as Wal-Mart reportedly has already hiked prices amid a recent jump in wheat prices and the failure of the Russian harvest.
The most immediate impact will be felt in the price of bread and bakery products but other food items which make use of grain will also...
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Even our Government is not prepared, which is why it is up to you to make sure you and your family have the preparations made to make it through an emergency.
Read this article:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/08/04/2010-08-04_agencies_unready_for_wmd_hit__feds.html
An EMP attack is a real concern in Government circles – we need to share the same concern and take...
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