Ethanol boom may fuel shortage of tequila

MSNBC ^ | May 29, 2007 | Reuters

[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.

[anonsquared]

This really is all Bush's fault!

[xcamel]

boo-friggin-hoo

[yobid]

I’ll stick with JD.

[processing please hold]

Say it ain’t so!

[SF Republican]

This is not funny anymore.

[AmericanMade1776]

xcamel wrote: boo-friggin-hoo

ouchie whaaaaaa whaaaaaaa

[xcamel]

Illegals will have to go back to mexico for a drink...

[Don Corleone]

This is soooooo funny!

[BipolarBob]

No kidding. The doctor said I can’t drink tequila anymore. Every time I do, I break out in handcuffs.

[buccaneer81]

Damn. Now my Patron will cost $100 a fifth.

[mnehring]

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.

[Red_Devil 232]

When they start messing with my wife's “once in a blue moon” Strawberry Daiquiri who ever “they” are will rue the day!

[Redcloak]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[commish]

now this is totally unacceptable!!!!!

[processing please hold]

I hear ya. ;-)

[anonsquared]

Well, now you’ve had advanced warning - STOCK UP!

[anonsquared]

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!

[timydnuc]

Oh, My God...we’re all going to die!

[bicyclerepair]

So what! I hate tequila anyway. But I do understand the ramifications of the coming corn craze.

[bfree]

DRILL ANWR—SAVE TEQUILA!!!!!!!