I've never heard the term 'comfortable poverty', but something tells me you'd get a kick out of my town were you ever to visit. It's practically a badge of honor to drive THE crappiest rattlebox with the most political bumper stickers, and see and be seen at Salvation Army shopping for jeans on a Saturday morning (OMG let's NOT go to the Gap!), and to subsist off vegan chili with textured soy protein and brown rice, and visit with friends at the farmers market while poking at all the local organic offerings. It's a very 'green' existence overall, and not NEARLY as many houses are for sale around here as in more affluent-appearing areas. Yankee hippies are VERY good with money, lol!

But if we're going to get down to it, while we DO eat far too much red meat as a nation, I don't really think that's the solution, in and of itself, to the bigger problem. It's limiting our FUEL consumption that is number one, and reducing our overall consumption of frivolous plastic crap that we don't need. That's how the tyrants get our money to begin with.
stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on . Biofuels 'causing food price rises' Biofuels 'causing food price rises' World leaders will meet next week to discuss food prices in developing countries Biofuels have triggered a 75 per cent increase in world food prices, according to a leaked confidential report from the World Bank. The report's author, a senior economist at the bank, said that contrary to claims by the United States government, increased demand from India and China had not been the cause of rising food prices. "Rapid income growth in developing Rating: 5