IMF head gives food price warning
Posted by morris108 on April 13, 2008
The BBC and the IMF have made this a top news story.
Two pillars of the establishment. Who normally champion a ‘business as usual’ approach. They are now ringing alarm bells. It would seem we are on the threshold of massive change.
The challenge will crystalize into a choice between material desires and food. The food being compassion, the material being self interest.
It raises more questions: population growth, Islam, Judaism and Catholicism all enshrine the birth of many children. BTW prior to the old testament, there were fertility cults. So religion will need to take a stance.
Also going organic. When faced with starvation may not be attractive. The dreaded GM?…
And a major culprit to our woes is eating animals, at least 8 times less efficient than growing crops. Plus the amount of methane given off by cows is huge, comparable to the use of fossil fuels
Will we change?
Maybe less beef will mean less wars?
And he also said: “so it is not only a humanitarian question”. Meaning conflict and economic trade.
April 13, 2008 at 10:38 am
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