What to Do when We Do.

The attitude of Government sets the tone of Agricultural success, and in India, the tones remain discordant. Tillable land exists relatively throughout India, though the lack of Water stands as the great impediment, especially under applied fertilizer; which actually insists on about 30-40% more Water to actually not burn the Crops. The amount of Sunshine in India, combined with the periodic nature of the Rains, dictate covered Run-off tanks from buildings, and earthen berms (think root cellars with block walls and ceiling supports); worked in conjunction with individual Plant irrigation as pioneered by Israel. The trouble with this approach lay in the Indian farmers need for Capital, and a typical Indian bureaucracy which would never provision block and building materials in Real Time. The Result produces an Indian drain of Export Credits to finance imported Grains and Oils.

The South Koreans accepted the new Restrictions on American Beef which were reluctantly advanced by American trade envoys. This was expected, because South Korea needs American Beef to supplement their Protein needs. The Article itself, though, expresses the lack of Sensitivity to Korean fright which has been fueled by years of close examination of Japanese Public denunciations of American slaughter practice; it left the main point to an Add-on Statement at the end of the article to wit: that cattle brains, eyes, skulls and spinal cords would not be exported to South Korea. The Japanese focused on the Nerve systems of cattle as the major potential Infection source, it mattering not at all whether the Science supported the belief. It is restricted information in American Papers, hoping to forestall a like psychosis within the American Consumer. The entire Reportage expresses the American refusal to face unattractive Issues in a forthright manner in order to dispel such fears.

Oil remains that nerdy Cousin for whom the family insists that you find a Date. Everyone knows that the Price of Oil is driven by Speculation, nothing else makes any sense. There is more Oil, and less Demand for Oil, than there was one year ago; when Oil prices were half of the current Pricing. Pumping more Oil will not cancel the effect of Speculation, unless the industrialized nations undertake Measures to stabilize the Oil markets. A simple Measure would be to demand Registration of Storage facilities for Oil and Natural Gas, with a Fill fee of significant size for any lift of the floats in the Tanks. It would, at the least, dictate purchase of Oil and Natural Gas in Tank-filling portions, without Signature moves to establish Prices by slight Purchase amounts. People always ask how much when it comes to Taxes or fees; so I will throw out of Suggestion that it take $250 to screw open that Intake Port. One has to hit Speculators where it hurts. lgl