Peak Popcorn!

dohboi · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Dec 05, 2005 Posts: 1158

All you doomers who ask to pass the popcorn with every new gloomy news item may need to find a new entertainment snack.

Popcorn prices set to pop

"The consumer will probably see an increase in popcorn prices pretty soon,” said Carlton Smith, the chairman of Iowa’s Jolly Time popcorn brand."

And this just in from NPR:

Popcorn price increase

"Other makers report price hikes as high as 40 percent."

jlw61 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject: Re: Peak Popcorn!

Jack · Dark Lord Joined: Aug 11, 2004 Posts: 4972

kpeavey · Expert Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 1128

I would consider it as an upgrade to more expensive popcorn.
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whereagles · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject: Re: Peak Popcorn!

this is an outrage. i might renounce to my car, but i shall NEVER, EVER renouce to my popcorn and chips!!!!

pup55 · Expert Joined: May 26, 2004 Posts: 3596

It used to be pretty common for farmers out there to plant a little bit of popcorn, and then let it stand in the field as a food source for pheasants.

Non-intense use of farmland, diesel, this practice will probably go the way of the dodo for awhile.

Pheasants, themselves, were stocked for a long time, I think their population is relatively stable right now....

It will be interesting to see how these practices change, if at all.

Lumpy · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:58 am Post subject: Re: Peak Popcorn!

This is serious, and I am serious.

There is doom and then there is DOOM.

This is DOOMER talk.

We are seriously going to spend a lot of money (even if I have to put it on a charge card) to stock up on popcorn.

We are getting our own milk cow next year. So we will have butter.

There WILL be hot buttered popcorn at our place to the end!

Lumpy

PS -- Oh, yeah, and we are going to grow our own, too. Yeah, those nice ears of corn with dinner are great. But POPPED corn is mandatory to life!
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cowuvula · Heavy Crude Joined: Apr 15, 2008 Posts: 174

Popcorn is my favorite snack when I read peak oil.

It is necessary.
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