Currently, the US leadership and dominance of the global economy is being threatened. The US is losing its place at the head of the table mainly due to the latest recession and its subsequent anemic recovery that has lasted for close to four years now. During that time, many countries have been growing at an incredible rate….namely China and India. Those countries are starting to enter an “industrial revolution” phase which could eventually catapult their economies above ours. I am not saying that this will definitely happen nor would it be able to happen soon. However, if it does happen, the US will need to respond swiftly and smartly (probably putting it beyond the ability of our current government leaders) to regain our edge, our place at the head of the table.
The question is how. We are miserably in debt. We have lost our manufacturing advantage. We have some resources but not enough to be selling out to others in size. Enter Nostra-RON-mus! When I look into the future, I do see a way for the US to reclaim its rightful throne. There is an intersection between something that I believe will turn out to be the most valued thing on the planet and the US’s sole ability to totally dominate on a global scale……FOOD!
Everyone has been trying to figure out what the next big investment vehicle will be. Some say oil and they say oil will be the next gold. Some people say it will be gold itself as it will officially become the global currency. But, you can’t eat a gold bar nor can you drink a glass of oil. With growing populations worldwide, described by some experts as a population explosion, estimates show that we are going to have to produce more food in the next 80 years than we have in the last 40,000 years.
This is where the US can turn the tide of global power. Of the major industrialized countries, the US has the most consistent geographical growing season. Further, if the US really wanted to, it has the room and the technology to grow crops and raise animals in large proportions. And don’t forget, the US has access to the largest fresh water supply in the world….the Great Lakes! If the US put all of these advantages to work and pushed serious resources into this area, the US would be far and away the biggest producer and supplier of food and water in the world at a time when there will be gigantic demand and anemic supply!
When you are starving, you’ll do anything to get food. The Middle East wants a dozen eggs, no problem…only costs 12 barrels of oil. Russia wants some wheat, no problem….only costs 10 gold bars. Get the picture?
0 Responses to “Nostra-RON-mus”