Given that, trading off a full year's worth of food for one person for a f*cking tank of gas galls me.
--Doug
On 8/16/06, Martin C. Martin
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Aren't the main causes of hunger political rather than supply or
technological? I think we have the technology and resources to feed the
world population many times over. The poorest countries seem to be run
by despots that use food as a weapon. Although, I'm not sure how
tightening supply and creating new markets would help/hurt things.
- Martin
Douglas Roberts wrote:
> It is nicely described here:
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> http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/08/21/8383659/index.htm
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> --Doug
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