Donate Bitcoin

Donate Paypal


PeakOil is You

PeakOil is You

African Land Grab Grows

What's on your mind?
General interest discussions, not necessarily related to depletion.

African Land Grab Grows

Unread postby deMolay » Mon 08 Mar 2010, 17:10:16

The New Colonization is rapidly underway. "The Zen Master Says, Let's Wait and See"" http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... -land-grab
"We Are All Travellers, From The Sweet Grass To The Packing House, From Birth To Death, We Wander Between The Two Eternities". An Old Cowboy.
User avatar
deMolay
Intermediate Crude
Intermediate Crude
 
Posts: 2671
Joined: Sun 04 Sep 2005, 03:00:00

Re: African Land Grab Grows

Unread postby Ainan » Mon 08 Mar 2010, 17:36:44

A fact of life. The strong displace the weak, just as strong cultures displace weak cultures. There has only ever been one culture which came close to overcoming this law, you're living off the fumes right now, the Christian European culture.

It could have overcome these problems without the need to grab others land like we are seeing now, but interestingly the weak displaced the strong.

Image
April 2008 Global Population: 6.8 billion
April 2010 Global Population: 7 billion
April 2012 Global Population: 7.2 billion
User avatar
Ainan
Tar Sands
Tar Sands
 
Posts: 599
Joined: Mon 18 Feb 2008, 04:00:00

Re: African Land Grab Grows

Unread postby rangerone314 » Mon 08 Mar 2010, 17:44:41

Eventually a famine in Ethiopia will occur again and we'll see repeat of Irish potato famine where food is being exported because some other party has control of the land.

Ironically, the US will probably send aid to Ethiopia. (Ironic because US dependency on gas helps Saudis finance land takeovers)
An ideology is by definition not a search for TRUTH-but a search for PROOF that its point of view is right

Equals barter and negotiate-people with power just take

You cant defend freedom by eliminating it-unknown

Our elected reps should wear sponsor patches on their suits so we know who they represent-like Nascar-Roy
User avatar
rangerone314
Light Sweet Crude
Light Sweet Crude
 
Posts: 4105
Joined: Wed 03 Dec 2008, 04:00:00
Location: Maryland


Return to Open Topic Discussion

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests

cron