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Re: Substantial Regulatory Relief (4.00 / 7)

We're producing enough grains to turn everyone obese, at the current pace. The problem of famine is not one of Malthusian underproduction but bad distribution. The EU was destroying food in the 90's. We're using grain to feed huge amounts of cattle. The market distributes, and when the bottom sixth of the population has less buying power as the top thousandth, the distribution is going to be very unequal.

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Thu Jun 5th, 2008 at 08:35:01 PM EST
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Re: Substantial Regulatory Relief (none / 0)

Yes, but the limit of caloric and distribution efficiency is 1.

The distribution issue, while very real, is akin to blaming the price of oil on speculators and environmentalists when considering food production as a whole.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Sat Jun 7th, 2008 at 04:51:01 AM EST
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