The comeback of the camel

The Copenhagen-based daily Berlingske Tidende examines the laws of the market and the question of why food and fuel prices have risen so drastically in recent times. The newspaper notes that the oil refineries have posted substantial profits and comments: "This pushes up the prices for diesel and petrol. The thousands of Danes who traded their petrol-driven cars for diesel cars recently are the losers here, because a litre of diesel fuel now costs just as much as a litre of petrol. That is what happens when demand rises. ... People should switch to camels. According to a report in the Financial Times last Saturday, rising oil prices have led to the comeback of camels. Two years ago a camel cost the same as a goat in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Now they cost ten times as much."

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