Friday, March 14, 2008

What an Average American Family Eats in Just One Week

I'm not posting this photo to criticize this family for all the junk food they obviously enjoy (heck, I'll be the first to tear into a box of Oreos, if you've got some).

But just ponder for a minute how much oil was burned getting all of these individual foodstuffs to these folks. Throw in the oil used to manufacture the plastic containers and used to make the fertilizer to grow the fruits, vegetables and grains, and you get a little understanding of why food prices have also been exploding lately.

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