Thursday, March 15, 2012

Kiribati.


Kiribati's economy is weak and is affected by rises and falls in the world demand for coconut.”
                                   -BBC Country Profile.

Coconuts?  Their economy depends on coconuts?  That’s absurd.  What, are there coconut futures?  Is this a joke?  I could see the Brits doing this but I did not make this up: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1168527.stm 

I mean, the nearest country to Kiribati is Fiji and it’s 1200 miles away!  How valuable are Kiribati coconuts that it’s profitable to export them 1200 miles.  And Fiji doesn’t have coconuts? What’s the nearest place that doesn’t have coconuts?  I don’t know.