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Sunday, March 02, 2008

Rising prices threaten millions with starvation, despite bumper crops - Green Living, Environment

"All the familiar signs of impending disaster are here, and in spades. Across the developing world already hungry people are now having to eat even less. Food stocks have plunged to record lows. Food prices have scaled new heights. Food riots are spreading around the globe. Yet the world is still harvesting record amounts of grain."

[Link: Independent.co.uk]

This is exactly what over-population should look like. The pressure is from the number of consumers not the supply. When we have no way to limit the numbers of people (or even the growth rate of the population) or the amount they consume, we will eventually reach the point where we cannot produce fast enough to keep up. Many have said this all along. More have scoffed.