tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post5768866279529491617..comments2024-02-07T13:43:03.364+05:30Comments on Musings: Dumber than Dubya!Balaji Chitra Ganesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12946132372838633092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-16310663177793033072008-05-11T19:19:00.000+05:302008-05-11T19:19:00.000+05:30>> environmentalists dont talk abt nonperishable r...>> environmentalists dont talk abt nonperishable resources.<BR/><BR/>huh? Dubya and people are now precisely talking abt the global food crisis. in the west people mention even ethanol to have caused a shortfall of corn as food.<BR/><BR/>if indian food habits become as non-vegetarian as the west, there'll definitely be a huge food crisis.<BR/><BR/>people don't pull off chicken or the grains it feeds on from thin air. they need to be grown. agriculture (or even poultry bcos of birdflu etc) is not a very profitable enterprise. farmers are going to cash crops from food crops.<BR/><BR/>even if the world were to increase arable land or increase productivity infinitely, there'll still be huge pressue on earth's resources. no other animal on the planet eats as randomly and destructively as humans do.Balaji Chitra Ganesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946132372838633092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11023403.post-2579463869839173272008-05-11T09:07:00.000+05:302008-05-11T09:07:00.000+05:30here we go again(and again)"When your food eats my...here we go again(and again)<BR/>"When your food eats my food, we both'll end up with no food at some point."<BR/>wat logic is that? it doesnt matter whether u eat 1chicken which eats 10plants or 100plants urself directly. its a question of demand and supply. if more ppl eat chicken, there will be more chicken "created".<BR/>plants and animals used for human consumption(most of them atleast) are not perishable resources bcos they are created artifically in poultry, farms etc. environmentalists dont talk abt nonperishable resources.Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323824769157330655noreply@blogger.com