At some point in time it will be possible to divide all the the bodies in the world by all the food in the world, and discover that there is not enough to go around, political boundaries notwithstanding.  I don't know when that particular point in time will arrive, but I am convinced that in the absence a large population die-off (as compared to the current exponential global population growth that we are witnessing), arriving sooner or later at that point in time is a certainty.

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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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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