"The Story of Stuff"

A couple days ago, the NY Times published a so-so article about a "green" movie now showing in classrooms all over the US. The article is at:

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The Baltic Dry Index measuring rates for coal, iron ore, and grains, and other dry goods plummeted below 1000 yesterday, down 92pc since peaking in June.

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China buys a mountain of copper at a 95% discount... plus plenty of iron. The Chinese are looking ahead and buying it all. Worth a look and a bit scarey for Canada and the USA. This is the reality of the present and the future.

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THERE is no exaggerating China's hunger for commodities. The country accounts for about a fifth of the world's population, yet it gobbles up more than half of the world's pork, half of its cement, a third of its steel and over a quarter of its aluminium.

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Inflation from China?

I have been reading a few comments lately about how inflation in China, running quite high in the 7% range, is not causing inflation in the US. Paul Krugman made this point and points to a WSJ commentary that does the same on his blog.

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America will soon have to contend with a Chinese military that wants to increase its control over the sourcing, transport and production of the world's key raw materials.

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LET us set aside the clichés about green fashion, ye cynical Kermits, and presume that everyone is now on board with saving the world by doing our holiday shopping at Barneys, where even the window displays promote eco-friendly clothing.

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It is not only oil prices that are rising. it is the prices of all raw materials.

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