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To: TobagoJack who wrote (28773)	1/29/2008 9:37:37 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217561

Agreed, 60-year sector distortion rude awakening. Masses walk on their stomachs. History shows that if belly empty things always turn ugly. Officialdom should act.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (28773)	1/29/2008 10:21:39 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217561

More agreement! What a love fest. <food is renewable not a problem, > Over the last 100 years, the proportion of food cost per person's income around the world has dropped enormously. I guess from 30% of income [whether barter or however measured] to something like 1% [cost of the actual food, not the downstream enhancements like eating at fancy restaurants accompanied by highly taxed fancy wines]. No doubt Google has the actual data, but other than in a few war-like places where famine is a military option [such as Darfur], the worldwide problem raved about is obesity. Never in human history has obesity been a general problem in swarms of countries and especially not among the poor people. Watch a single farmer with a tractor, harvester etc, plant many acres of corn and harvest it and it's easy to see how the cost of food per person has plunged compared with people hand planting and picking corn, then sending it to market via horse and cart. The farmers also have hybrid breeds of corn, fertilizers and pest controls not to mention the increased CO2 levels which enhance growth and reduce water requirements. Huge trucks and motorways with large markets can distribute huge quantities of corn at low cost. Mqurice