Reply #127: You really haven't got a clue have you? [View All]

[Nihil]

> Production of food and goods won't suddenly stop.

No-one is claiming that this will happen overnight but this is not
a slow process: once it starts, it accelerates due to feedback.

What will happen is that the price of raw materials will rise (due to
transportation costs) thus the price of secondary & tertiary goods
will rise. Processed food falls into this category. Imported food
falls into this category. I'm not just talking about microwave dinners
and pop-tarts: you look in the supermarket and see how much produce
comes from local farmers versus how much comes from elsewhere.
Take that stuff off the shelf. Now consider how all of the people
in the supermarket are now competing for the little that is left.
This is just one small example from the library of examples (we haven't
touched on how even the local farmer is probably using oil-derived
fertiliser, will be using oil-based fuels and will be needing to
increase his own prices to allow *his* family to buy things in the
hyperinflationary market that is developing).

> It's not the end of the world, it's just a little change.
> Replacements and new technology will be found.

Yep, just get down on your knees and pray to the LORD and have FAITH
brothers & sisters, the LORD will provide!