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Avastar
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UN speach signals the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it
| Quote From Source: | June 3 (Bloomberg) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a 50 percent increase in food production by 2030, saying that failure to feed the world's growing population will spark civil unrest and starvation.
''The world needs to produce more food,'' he said today in the opening speech at the World Food Security conference in Rome. ''While we must respond immediately to high food prices, it is important that our longer-term focus is on improving world security -- and remains so for some years.''
The three-day meeting is being held to cobble together solutions to ensure that the highest commodity prices in three decades don't further swell the ranks of the world's 860 million hungry people. Shortages of staples such as rice threaten to fuel civil unrest, said Ban, who also wants an end to farm subsidies, agricultural taxes and export bans.
A 60 percent increase in food prices since the beginning of 2007 has sparked riots in more than 30 countries -- including Cameroon and Egypt -- that depend on imported food. The wealthiest nations pledged $6.3 billion in emergency aid last year, yet critics say that will do little unless accompanied by policies that promote greater output.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/app...pXv0.UnVgF4&refer=europe
As most of you already know, there IS no way to increase production 50%. Rising oil prices, climate change (warmer or colder), and political-economic global instability will decrease production, not increase it (even here in the US). Ban Ki-Moon knows this. So what is he saying? Translation: He is sending up the storm warning flag, announcing that there will not be enough food ... and to prepare for the end. And he predicts that end will be by 2030.
Funny thing is most Peak Oil doom sayers have been saying the same thing for the last decade.
Folks, the population bomb has left the bomb bay and is now falling. This planet will never make it to ten billion people ... it won't even make it to eight.
I'm not a survivalist ... but it's time we start thinking about creating sustainable micro-communities amongst ourselves . Time is going to run out real fast for those of us who can see this coming.
In fact we may only have about 5 years before things get really ugly ...
"Mother Nature is going to kick our ass" |
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I agree with sustainable microclimates. All major developments should have a food production component to cut down on the transportation associated with food.
The worrying thing here is that I can see governments relaxing their genetically modified food controls (those that have them). I certainly don't want to eat that stuff. |
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Cool, those with the most guns and bullets will win 
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
Please check out our new website at www.globalwarmingisnotreal.com |
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Glad I married a Marine |
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