[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('oilluber', 'd')irt will now be used in the official calculation of CPI,
along with LCD TV's and PC's.

[steam_cannon]

But in all honesty, this is not as uncommon as it sounds...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he clay commonly ingested in Africa contains important nutrients such as: phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, copper, zinc, manganese, and iron...

...Other Americans, such as the indigenous Pomo of Northern California used dirt in their diet - they mixed it with ground acorn; this neutralized the acid.
http://geography.about.com/cs/culturalg ... ophagy.htm

[Zardoz]

It's real. It's not far away:

‘Shortages Are on the Horizon’ - We need a new Green Revolution, led by biotechnology, to meet the growing demand for grain in Asia.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')ast week Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo asked Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to guarantee rice supplies to her country, one of the developing world's largest importers. To American biologist Robert Zeigler, the request underscores two global problems: rapidly depleting grain stockpiles, and the need for a new Green Revolution to satisfy food demand that is forecast to jump 50 percent by 2025.

Zeigler heads the Philippine-based International Rice Research Institute, which helped pioneer techniques that began delivering huge gains in per-hectare yields more than 40 years ago. Yet he warns that yield growth has stalled, even as farmland is under increasing threat from urbanization, water shortages and climate change.

[Kristen]

Do you think food rationing on a global scale would be a solution to food shortages. If people only ate the number of calories they used it could make up for it. Just a thought.

[Dukkha]

^ Great plan. From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. Sadly any country suggesting such an outlandish idea probably wouldn't have time to count to 10 before being invaded by the Americans. The world has to be made safe for democracy, doesn't it? Still, we can dream.

[Judgie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kristen', 'D')o you think food rationing on a global scale would be a solution to food shortages. If people only ate the number of calories they used it could make up for it. Just a thought.

[Judgie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dukkha', '^') Great plan. From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. Sadly any country suggesting such an outlandish idea probably wouldn't have time to count to 10 before being invaded by the Americans. The world has to be made safe for democracy, doesn't it? Still, we can dream.

[DomusAlbion]

Again children in "fat countries" (agriculturally endowed) such as the US and Europe will be regaled at the dinner table to "Eat all the food on your plate. Children in Asia are going to bed hungry."

And those Asian children will (again) be starving.

[Lumpy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Judgie', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kristen', 'D')o you think food rationing on a global scale would be a solution to food shortages. If people only ate the number of calories they used it could make up for it. Just a thought.

[Chesire]

I wouldn't give the average third worlder a bucket of my shit to fertilize their garden. The only thing feeding them does is make more of them next year to feed. I can put up with a 6 weeks of nonstop feed the hungry campaigns . Till the worlds population gets a long overdue correction.

The only thing feeding them does is make more of them. I say we give them all the food they want laced with sterilization drugs to solve the problem.

[Dukkha]

^ Perhaps but here's a couple of questions:

Would the world benefit more from 10 dead septics or 10 dead Bangladeshis?

Would the world benefit more from 10 dead septics or 100 dead Bangladeshis?

Would the world benefit more from 10 dead septics or 1000 dead Bangladeshis?

Given your answers to the questions above, from an ecologically point of view, shouldn't the world cheer every time one of you fat pricks drops dead from one too many burgers?

[paimei01]

Indeed a real new green revolution the world needs.

Look at Cuba, plant trees, and grow organic and sustainable gardens everywhere. And renounce money, cars and plastic garbage. The bicycle is a great invention

All this will never happen for the same reason communism does not happen - people are not good enough for that, to live happy and with few material goods

[Chesire]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dukkha', '^') Perhaps but here's a couple of questions:

Would the world benefit more from 10 dead septics or 10 dead Bangladeshis?

Would the world benefit more from 10 dead septics or 100 dead Bangladeshis?

Would the world benefit more from 10 dead septics or 1000 dead Bangladeshis?

Given your answers to the questions above, from an ecologically point of view, shouldn't the world cheer every time one of you fat pricks drops dead from one too many burgers?

[Dukkha]

Sorry, what were your answers to the four questions?

[Chesire]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dukkha', 'S')orry, what were your answers to the four questions?

[Fishman]

Dukkha
Would the world benefit more from 10 dead septics or 1000 dead Bangladeshis?
Your logic fails reality. The question at present is can 10 US folks feed themselves and 1000 others today and 2000 tomorrow. Remember the 1000 you refered to aren't contributing to the food supply only the demand. From an ecologically point of view 10 US feeding only themselves causes far less damage than feeding themselves and 1000 others.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chesire', 'I') wouldn't give the average third worlder a bucket of my shit to fertilize their garden.

[Chesire]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Chesire', 'I') wouldn't give the average third worlder a bucket of my shit to fertilize their garden.

[Dukkha]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')our logic fails reality. The question at present is can 10 US folks feed themselves and 1000 others today and 2000 tomorrow. Remember the 1000 you refered to aren't contributing to the food supply only the demand. From an ecologically point of view 10 US feeding only themselves causes far less damage than feeding themselves and 1000 others.

[Chesire]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dukkha', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')our logic fails reality. The question at present is can 10 US folks feed themselves and 1000 others today and 2000 tomorrow. Remember the 1000 you refered to aren't contributing to the food supply only the demand. From an ecologically point of view 10 US feeding only themselves causes far less damage than feeding themselves and 1000 others.