Influx

There's a provocative piece by George Monbiot in today's Guardian, where he talks about the failure of politicians to grasp the concept that there are either higher energy costs from renewable sources or no energy at all. People are still thinking about alternative energy as alternative to oil, but...

This graph from WTRG Economics, shows the history of crude oil prices since 1947 and shows our current situation in context. The knock on impact of this in obviously considerable with most industries finding little place to to hide from the impact and effects.The significance of this cannot be...

Food prices are on the rise everywhere. Causes include- climate change, increasing demand from China and India and the knock on effects from increased ethanol production. Here's are some clips on the topic..Channel 4 news in the UKReuters on German price increases It also doesn't look like prices...

It might help the environment, but ethanol is wrecking havoc with food prices. Ethanol production is expected to take 27% of the US’s corn crop, taking corn out of the food supply chain and pushing up prices. Back in February, Influx warned readers about this trend. Hershey recently announced...