Milk to go to $5 a gallon

[RumpleTumbler]

Because all of us in the US have allowed ourselves to be raped and enjoy it over the price of gasoline the food industry is catching on. Don't think it will stop there either.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287135,00.html

[oswann]

What, the US is going to find W'sMD hidden by cows?

Os.

[kristie911]

What the hell am I supposed to put on my cereal? Gasoline?

[September skies]

hard to imagine that big a jump in only a few months.

we have more cows than anywhere in the nation where i come from.
i live in the central california valley where our number one commodity is dairy - but even so, our milk is not cheap here. Runs about 55 cents a gallon. just kidding. we pay three something a gallon too.
but if milk were to get too expensive, dairies would suffer. they may make a lot of money but they also have the most extreme overheads. i've written enough stories on them to know that they work hard on keeping those prices down because if people ease up on their milk consumption, their cows will die. it's all supply and demand. there will be too much milk and in turn, milk will actually be cheaper than ever.

[scarletpeaches]

Okay. Two questions. How much is five dollars in real money and how many pints in a gallon?

[RumpleTumbler]

Okay. Two questions. How much is five dollars in real money and how many pints in a gallon?

5 U.S. dollars = 2.50175123 British pounds

1 gallon = 8 US pints

[NeuroFizz]

I hope no one is sipping an Evian or other bottled water while complaining about milk prices. Work out the volume of that bottle and what it cost. Yup. Water at $7 to $8 a gallon, when it comes out of the tap for pennies a gallon (we shower in it, don't we?). Damn cows.

[scarletpeaches]

You're complaining about paying £1:25 for four pints of milk?

I've got no sympathy - that's what milk already costs in Scotland and it's affordable to me. This isn't a story at all.

[wyntermoon]

Okay. Two questions. How much is five dollars in real money and how many pints in a gallon?

2.51 GBP
4 pints to a gallon

[Lyra Jean]

4 pints to the gallon. I don't know what $5 dollars is in pounds.

It is pounds right y'all didn't switch to the Euro did you?

[RumpleTumbler]

I hope no one is sipping an Evian or other bottled water while complaining about milk prices. Work out the volume of that bottle and what it cost. Yup. Water at $7 to $8 a gallon, when it comes out of the tap for pennies a gallon (we shower in it, don't we?). Damn cows.

Some folks...me included can't drink chlorinated water. I buy 24 16.9 oz bottles for $5 once a week. I buy 2 gallons of milk a week. You can use something like a Brita filter but they are $20 every time you replace them. I worked out the cost difference once and it was a good bit cheaper to buy the Brita.

[scarletpeaches]

Over here a pack of four filters costs a tenner and each one 'does' 150 litres.

[RumpleTumbler]

You're complaining about paying £1:25 for four pints of milk?

I've got no sympathy - that's what milk already costs in Scotland and it's affordable to me. This isn't a story at all.

1 gallons (US Liquid) = 6.66139 pt (UK)

[NeuroFizz]

Some folks...me included can't drink chlorinated water. I buy 24 16.9 oz bottles for $5 once a week. I buy 2 gallons of milk a week. You can use something like a Brita filter but they are $20 every time you replace them. I worked out the cost difference once and it was a good bit cheaper to buy the Brita.
I realize bottled water is essential and/or desirable to some people. It's just a little humorous when prices are compared.

[RumpleTumbler]

I realize bottled water is essential and/or desirable to some people. It's just a little humorous when prices are compared.

Right. ;) I was righting the part you edited out btw. :)

[scarletpeaches]

1 gallons (US Liquid) = 6.66139 pt (UK)

Bit different to your above post, unless you're saying American pints are different to UK ones?

[RumpleTumbler]

Bit different to your above post, unless you're saying American pints are different to UK ones?

I didn't say that, the converter did. :)

[Bravo]

Because all of us in the US have allowed ourselves to be raped and enjoy it over the price of gasoline the food industry is catching on. Don't think it will stop there either.


ironically, the reason milk prices are rising is because america was looking for alternative fuel through ethanol.

as the demand for corn rose, less land was available for cows and other animals.

such is life.

[scarletpeaches]

I buy my milk from Asda. I love Asda. Asda is cool. :D

[RumpleTumbler]

I buy my milk from Asda. I love Asda. Asda is cool. :D

:rant:

[September skies]

With dairy milk prices rising - we may have to find some other alternative. In "Meet the Parents" - Ben Stillar talks of milking cats.

Cat milk anyone?
We have plenty of cats here.

[Plot Device]

2.51 GBP
4 pints to a gallon


No, dear:

4 quarts to a gallon (the word "quart" is short for "quarter" so a quart is a quarter of a gallon)

2 pints to a quart

8 pints to a gallon


I guess Shakespeare might have scored very high on the Verbal section of the SAT's, but not the Math section. ;)

[Stew21]

ironically, the reason milk prices are rising is because america was looking for alternative fuel through ethanol.

as the demand for corn rose, less land was available for cows and other animals.

such is life.

and until we can get a grip on alternate fuels the corn that feeds the cows is a hot commodity, therefore making it more expensive to keep cows and the price of dairy will go up to accomodate for it.

what's the answer? Hydrogen powered vehicles?

[RumpleTumbler]

What about excrement powered vehicles? Just hook your car up to a hose that runs from the bathroom every night when you get home from work. That'd piss the gas companies off wouldn't it?

[reigningcatsndogs]

"That'd piss the gas companies off, wouldn't it?"

Pun intended??

[RumpleTumbler]

"That'd piss the gas companies off, wouldn't it?"

Pun intended??

Nope I missed it. :)

[Duncan J Macdonald]

Bit different to your above post, unless you're saying American pints are different to UK ones?
Yes. 1 US Gallon equals .83 UK Gallon. So, a US Pint is 83% the size of a UK Pint.

See Converter (http://www.unitconversion.org/unit_converter/volume.html)

[billythrilly7th]

ironically, the reason milk prices are rising is because america was looking for alternative fuel through ethanol.

as the demand for corn rose, less land was available for cows and other animals.

such is life.

It's enough with this global warming ridiculousness.

Now I've had enough!!

F it!!

So, it'll be hotter.

The landscape of earth will change.

Floods, hurricanes, etc.

Put me down.

Put me down for all of it.

[Del]

Higher prices means less sales. Less sales means higher prices.

I can drink water for free. Who needs cereal? I eat lasagna for breakfast.

No one is content to make a living anymore. Everyone wants to get rich.

How do we get off this rock?

[tourdeforce]

Is outsourcing a possible alternative solution here?

How much would a gallon of breast milk from Mexican or Filipino peasants cost?

[dclary]

I'm guessing none of you have ever heard of "inflation?"

Prices go up. Get a grip.

Sheesh.

Go ask your grandmother how much milk should cost.

[Plot Device]

Higher prices means less sales. Less sales means higher prices.

I can drink water for free. Who needs cereal? I eat lasagna for breakfast.



Milk isn't a luxury for some people. It's an outright necessity.
















Get a look at what this little guy said to me when I tried to give him a bottle of water just now:












http://www.observationdeck.org/lip_images/crazy%20baby%20milk.JPG

[scarletpeaches]

To be (momentarily) serious, I noticed a sharp decrease in the amount of milk I used when I cut down to two mugs of tea a day. So now it's just that, and enough for a bowl of cereal per day. Less than a pint. I keep more in the house in case of visitors (HA!) but most of the milk I had was used on countless mugs of tea.

[benbradley]

Because all of us in the US have allowed ourselves to be raped and enjoy it over the price of gasoline the food industry is catching on. Don't think it will stop there either.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287135,00.html


Oh, but there's a way around those Mean, Evil Oil Companies, just orient your engine towards Magnetic North while adjusting the Reaction Tube:

SAVE THIS LINK BEFORE THE OIL COMPANIES MAKE THE MODS DELETE THIS POST!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=865597174166353519

And then view it as soon as possible, there's no telling when Google will take it down, Google is huge, but still no match to The Oil Companies...

We 'Mericans are Innovative People, just like Bill Gates. Don't ever doubt Yankee Ingenuity. No doubt someone will do the same with Milk, and make a device that will take one pint of milk mixed with two gallons of water (or sewage, or whatever other cheap liquid you have around the house) and make it taste just like and be just as nutritious as that $5 gallon of milk that we're being overcharged for by Those Mean, Evil Dairy Companies.

Spam This On The InterWeb So EVERYone Will Know!

[Plot Device]

Ben. I can't download videos where I am. :( Can you explain it for us technologically limited people?

[Joe270]

There were warnings about milk prices going up because of ethanol manufacturing . . . the corn is going to fuel instead of feed.

I wonder if the government, in all its wisdom, is still paying farmers not to grow corn.

[Plot Device]

There were warnings about milk prices going up because of ethanol manufacturing . . . the corn is going to fuel instead of feed.

I wonder if the government, in all its wisdom, is still paying farmers not to grow corn.


Whatever happened to the plan to grow switchgrass?????

[benbradley]

Ben. I can't download videos where I am. :( Can you explain it for us technologically limited people?
I only saw maybe 1/2 to 2/3rd of it, I think I missed a really heavy sales pitch at the end, but some guy showed this "technology" of a metal "reaction tube" for the fuel line of a small gasoline engine - the tube is mouinted inside an exhaust manifold and so heat the fuel and turns it into a vapor, which is supposedly what engines run on (I don't recall any mention of fuel injection, but if what this character says were true we might as well go back to carburetors), and if you do this, the engine will run a mix of as little as 1/5 gas and 4/5 water. He then makes a mix of kitchen liquids and for good measure adds motor oil to the fuel mixture, then runs the engine and shows how there's no smoke coming out the exhaust.

Imagine the gas savings! See how The Oil Companies are so quick to dismiss this technology! I forget it all, I saw about 10 minutes of this crap, I think in the begining he told of all the bad things that had happened to him because of his involvement with this stuff, that his life was threatened several times... it might make a good episode of MST3000. Regardless, it's definitely an Alternate Reality piece.

[Plot Device]

So, Ben, are you saying you think it's all bunk?

[benbradley]

So, Ben, are you saying you think it's all bunk?
Gee, did that come across in the tone of my message? But yes, to answer your question, I have a sneaky suspicion that it's all bunk.

[Don Allen]

Okay. Two questions. How much is five dollars in real money and how many pints in a gallon?


You Scots are all alike, pretending you don't know what money is and acting like you've never downed a gallon in a local pub... Scarlett, I don't know about you...

[kristie911]

Whether or not it goes to $5 a gallon, my kid has to drink it, so I'm kind of stuck. No sense worrying about it...all the worrying in the world won't make it cheaper. :(

[SpookyWriter]

Milk gives me gas. I'm sure the people I share the elevator with will gladly pay me not to drink milk.

[kristie911]

Milk gives me gas.

Anyone ever told you sometimes you just share a little too much, Spook? :)

[Joe270]

That could solve the problem, Spooky. Corn feeds the cows, cows provide the milk, you drink the milk, you provide methane.

That tube might get a little uncomfortable after a while.

[SpookyWriter]

That could solve the problem, Spooky. Corn feeds the cows, cows provide the milk, you drink the milk, you provide methane.

That tube might get a little uncomfortable after a while.That tube is where Uncle Sam is getting his tax revenue.

[SpookyWriter]

Anyone ever told you sometimes you just share a little too much, Spook? :)My dates seem to enjoy the foreknowledge. I usually hand out safety tips for dating spooky. Like never make any sudden moves while I have a sharp instrument in my hands.

[astonwest]

Make the fuel (biodiesel) out of soybeans...solves the whole problem of splitting the corn crop...

[FatTire]

I drink soy milk.

[billythrilly7th]

I'm lactose intolerant.

This story means nothing to me.

I don't care if milk goes up to a million dollars a bottle!!

Thank you!!!!!

[cray]

...hmm, maybe it IS a good idea to buy the cow now

[billythrilly7th]

I believe it was Tommy Callahan who once said, "Why buy the cow if you can look up it's ass. I'd rather take the butcher's word on it."

[PattiTheWicked]

Well, I just got home from the grocery store where I bought two gallons of milk at $3.48 apiece, so to me it already seems expensive. I have three kids, and we go through a gallon of milk a day, because my children LIKE it. If it hits five bucks a gallon, I'll just stop driving and we can walk to the store to buy our milk.

[dclary]

For the record, milk is a high-profit item for grocery stores, because they know everyone needs it.

My local liquor store stocks Alta-Dena (the best dairy in LA) at 2.50 a gallon. It's pretty funny, we go in there, wait in line with the degenerates paying for ciggies, beer, and lotto tickets and we're all "Milk, please."

[Plot Device]

The local supermarkets here charge $3.25 a gallon but the local pharmacy only charges $3.00.

Strange. But true.

[astonwest]

For the record, milk is a high-profit item for grocery stores, because they know everyone needs it.Oddly, the same theory used by the oil companies...

[benbradley]

I drink soy milk.

And I eat one of the tofu veggie things at a Chinese restaurant. God help me if soybeans get diverted for fuel production and the price of tofu goes up.

[TheGaffer]

ironically, the reason milk prices are rising is because america was looking for alternative fuel through ethanol.

as the demand for corn rose, less land was available for cows and other animals.

such is life.

Not quite. It's because the feeding of the cows cost more money, and therefore dairy production costs increased. A subtle distinction.

[billythrilly7th]

It's because the feeding of the cows cost more money

The cows eat grass and and anything else that grows on the field.

All day.

Every day.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but I drove by cows eating grass every day for a year in Colorado.

Please provide a link that explains how this grazing all day every day has gone up in price.

Not saying it hasn't. Just want info.

Thank you.