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Re: PEAK OIL AND FOOD SECURITY
by inculcated » Wed 31 Oct 2007, 14:33:12
Ever done any past life regressions? I'll bet you were a slave ship captain or a plantation owner.
Maybe those in Africa would care?
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Re: PEAK OIL AND FOOD SECURITY
by cube » Wed 31 Oct 2007, 20:18:06
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')Would any notice/care if Africa died off?
Ever done any past life regressions? I'll bet you were a slave ship captain or a plantation owner.
Maybe those in Africa would care?
To answer the question. NO. The world does not care about Africa. If it did then the continent wouldn't be in such bad shape as it is now. Don't get mad at me. I'm just giving an opinion based on unbiased observation and not some pre-conceived notion or at least trying really hard. If the world really cared then maybe we could spend just 5% of what we do on the military to help someone else out and this planet wouldn't be such a fcuked up place.
*end rant*
getting back on topic.
If somebody were to ask when will we hit PO? --> I'd say I don't know, but the answer is probably somewhere in the middle east!
If we were to replace the word PO with PP (peak population) I believe the answer lies in Africa.
Africa is to PP
as
Middle East is to PO
(if that makes any sense)
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Re: PEAK OIL AND FOOD SECURITY
by Tyler_JC » Wed 31 Oct 2007, 23:38:21
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('inculcated', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', '
')Would any notice/care if Africa died off?
')Would any notice/care if Africa died off?
Ever done any past life regressions? I'll bet you were a slave ship captain or a plantation owner.
Maybe those in Africa would care?
Oh, I'm sure the people living in Africa are going to be quite upset about the coming dieoff.
But let's be honest, how many people in the developed world spend more than a passing thought worrying about folks on a different continent?
How much influence does the average citizen of Lagos or Nairobi have?
Millions of people can and will die before anyone changes their behavior in the West. Only when the crisis hits home will anyone try to do anything about it.
Did you not look at those charts?
Not a single country in Africa is an exporter of grain. Talk all you want about oppression, racism, civil war, drought, etc...but it doesn't change the fact that nothing can be done to sustain a rapidly growing population on a continent incapable of feeding itself without massive help from the West.
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