Oh no, not beer too!

This is too funny - two stories in one day about biofuel production implicating our ability to get drunk at an affordable price :P

German Biofuels Incentives Drive Up the Price of Beer

But seriously - according to this piece, subsidies from biofuel crops are making it harder for smaller brewers as they struggle to deal with the increased cost of barley. This may affect the availability of different varieties of beer - which could rip a hole in the space-time continuum.

While it's tempting to write this off as a minor inconvenience, rising barley prices are also threatening the livelihood of many smaller German brewers: "The financial pressure on Germany's small and medium-sized breweries is immense," brewers association head Walter Koenig said. "The increasing costs of raw materials may become a serious threat for many breweries."

Maybe the space-time thing is an exaggeration, however any threat to the availability of different beer varieties in Germany is certainly a threat to culture.