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To: anachronist who wrote (93782)	4/23/2008 1:59:21 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

When the East Bay Municipal District rationed water due to a rain shortfall in the past it didn't indicate a flight into hard goods and it probably doesn't now. Perhaps you meant to reply to this post instead. Message 24524388 It's tough for me to see a major flight into hard goods when real estate prices are plunging. I think the current "monkey see monkey do" in commodities with people trying to buy a two year supply of rice at the store is a media driven commotion. We deliberately eliminated the multi-year storage of grain by the government in the 1960s and moved to a more "efficient" just-in-time system of distribution. Add in the ethanol subsidies and this delivery system becomes very tight. This can easily be gamed by a bunch of jerks in an attempt to find profits in an otherwise bad market. .