Click on the post for the recent slideshow presentation of Jeff Pieterick of the Wisconsin Biodiesel Association reviewing the elements of development of the soy biodiesel plant in Evansville, as well as the risks involved.
One of the risks is commodity prices and he reviews this. A spike in soy prices could lead to research on some alternative fuel source----the question is how quickly this switch could be made in response to spikes due to commodity speculation or even increased commodity demand.
One of the usual highlights of economies going into recession is increased inflation--with lower volumes, retailers usually want to increase prices to compensate. The increase of commodity prices recently makes me wonder what percentage of the pricing is pure speculation.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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Where are the people that complain about all the oil companies?? I am willing to bet some of the profit MARGINS generated for soy beans are just sick.
ReplyDeleteI will wait for the George Bush is at fault theories
I am sure he is
ReplyDeleteNo it is Clinton's fault, get the memo. The Great Ronald Reagan was responsible for the economic boom of the 1990s. The seeds of growth he had planted through "trickle down" economics had started to bloom. Unfortunately, Clinton's dismantling of the "trickle down" tax code had started to take root about the time the Honorable GW Bush came into office.
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