Guys, I went to this Economic Outlook Conference put on by UofK's business school today. A guy, who happened to be the chief of something in the US department of commerce (read: BIG DEAL!), talked about the concern we should have for energy and food production. He made very good but scary points about how the price of fuel is going up while India & China are growing 9.5% per year in the midst of this global recession! That means, approximately, their oil consumption is going up that fast as well. Additionally, Egypt is one of the world's foremost grain producers. Unrest there, may lead to another year of global food shortages and resulting global unrest. Not to be to foreboding, but we need to pay attention to all this.