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To: ild who wrote (10223)3/16/2004 10:03:16 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110194
 
Population growth in many populous countries in Africa and Asia mostly muslim have a population growth of over 2% to 2.5% a YEAR ... add to this prolonged life expectancy of 5 to 10 years and you get a population explosion.

Most of those countries have not enough fertile land to produce food not to mention clean water.

See Yemen 3.42% Egypt 1.9% Sudan Nigeria 2.3% all Middle East Pakistan,2.3% Bangladesh, 2% Indonesia Malaysia etc.

Plus add to that the improvement in life standards in India China et – al ..... for each pound of beef you need 4 to 7 pounds of grains

this will result in tremendous pressure on food commodities as you can live without a car but not without eating or drinking