Nafeez Ahmed: Food Crisis & Peak Oil (Audio)

In this wide ranging talk about the global food crisis and peak oil Nafeez Ahmed sketches out a path to the post-industrial society.

Are we running out of oil and food? Why are prices fluctuating? Are we leaving behind a catastrophic legacy for our children? Learn about how global food and energy crises will affect you over the coming years, and how the global system must change to meet our food and energy needs.


…In the lecture he points out that 1 billion people are currently hungry — one 1/6 of the worlds population. He asks who controls food and provides figures for some key parts of the global food production process — 6 companies control 85% trade in grain, 3 control 85% of the banana trade, 4 control 84% of US grain production, etc. The green revolution, soil erosion, climate change, global warming, drought are all covered.

Peak oil, the Olduvai theory ( http://dieoff.org/page224.htm ) and the imminent acute global energy crisis are described. He points out that there is currently the capacity to feed the whole of the planets population — the current problem is one of distribution.

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