Wheat's Next?

So after news of the rising price of corn hitting the poorest in the stomach, we have now moved on to wheat.

There's an interesting connection beyond both being edible though: the private automobile. Corn prices, it has been decided, must rise to fuel our addiction to cars, trucks and SUVs; oil is peaking and is only accessible in "evil" places. Therefore it's more important to drive it seems than to feed people.

Similarly with rising wheat prices, our vehicles are largely behind it. The rise in wheat prices, and therefore bread prices, is due to lower crop yields in wheat producers like Canada. These drops are due to crazy weather, including droughts, searing temperatures and floods. And what's the cause: global warming. All those tailpipes are having an impact now even in our rich, middle class stomachs.

But there's no suggestion anywhere that we abandon our cars in order to eat. They have become essentials much like food and shelter. Pretty screwy civilization we've got here.

And do I have to point out that this is another sign that this population is insupportable and that the past 100 years were an abberation?