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Ethanol boom may fuel shortage of tequila
MSNBC ^
| May 29, 2007
| Reuters
Posted on 05/31/2007 3:46:03 PM PDT by anonsquared
MEXICO CITY - Mexican farmers are setting ablaze fields of blue agave, the cactus-like plant used to make the fiery spirit tequila, and resowing the land with corn as soaring U.S. ethanol demand pushes up prices.
The switch to corn will contribute to an expected scarcity of agave in coming years, with officials predicting that farmers will plant between 25 percent and 35 percent less agave this year to turn the land over to corn.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: itsbushsfault
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This really is all Bush's fault!
To: anonsquared
boo-friggin-hoo
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:48:28 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
To: xcamel
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:49:57 PM PDT
by
yobid
To: anonsquared
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:50:32 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
To: anonsquared
This is not funny anymore.
To: xcamel
xcamel wrote: boo-friggin-hoo
ouchie whaaaaaa whaaaaaaa
To: AmericanMade1776
Illegals will have to go back to mexico for a drink...
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:53:05 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
To: anonsquared
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:54:06 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
To: SF Republican
No kidding. The doctor said I can’t drink tequila anymore. Every time I do, I break out in handcuffs.
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:56:12 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rear view mirror.)
To: anonsquared
Damn. Now my Patron will cost $100 a fifth.
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:57:33 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: anonsquared
Maybe this will help with the quality of Tequila where the few distillers that are left artisanal distillers who care about quality versus the mass market crap that has been coming out lately.
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:57:49 PM PDT
by
mnehring
(Fred Thompson\Zell Miller '08 - Give the Dems and Terrorists Hell !!!!!!!!!!)
To: anonsquared
When they start messing with my wife's “once in a blue moon” Strawberry Daiquiri who ever “they” are will rue the day!
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:58:37 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: anonsquared
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:58:47 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
To: anonsquared
now this is totally unacceptable!!!!!
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:59:11 PM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
To: BipolarBob
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posted on
05/31/2007 3:59:54 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
To: Redcloak; All
Well, now you’ve had advanced warning - STOCK UP!
To: All
WHAT DID I DO? I should not have posted this topic. Now they’ll say we have to have all the illegals here to make the tequila that can’t be made in Mexico!
To: anonsquared
Oh, My God...we’re all going to die!
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posted on
05/31/2007 4:06:51 PM PDT
by
timydnuc
(I'll die on my feet before I'll live on my knees.)
To: anonsquared
So what! I hate tequila anyway. But I do understand the ramifications of the coming corn craze.
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posted on
05/31/2007 4:07:33 PM PDT
by
bicyclerepair
(Ft. Lauderdale Florida)
To: Redcloak
DRILL ANWR—SAVE TEQUILA!!!!!!!
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posted on
05/31/2007 4:11:12 PM PDT
by
bfree
(liberalism is the enemy of freedom!!!)
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