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[This message contained attachments that have been removed.] Dear Guptaji, okay, even if i agree that there is enough food being produced now, I am in no way going to believe that we will/we can produce the necessary food for long time to come... i mean the resources are going to fade away, and after that? On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Dr.M.C. Gupta wrote: > > [This message contained attachments that have been removed.] > > > Ref: I mean the total world population is around 7 billion, and > it does not have enough resources to feed all of them. > > *** > > This is factually wrong. As per well known data from various sources, > including FAO, enough food is being produced on earth even now to feed > everybody. The grain is being fed to cattle, fowl and pigs so that man may > eat these animals. Conversion efficiency from vegetable to animal food is > low. Six times more enrgy per unit land can be obtained as plant food > compared to flesh food. > > M C G > 14 May 08 > > ================================================= > > > On 5/14/08, Anantha Narayanan wrote: > > > > > > [This message contained attachments that have been removed.] > > > > > > The bitter truth is that the high food prices are caused by all (not > only > > indians) humans. I mean the total world population is around 7 billion, > > and > > it does not have enough resources to feed all of them. > > > > We all should rethink, instead of falling into a trap of critisizing > each > > other. This is where we can act. > > > > We can do so at least temporarily by: > > 1. Using less resources than we need (almost all of us waste more than > we > > need) > > 2. We can home-grow some of the basic nesessities (like vegetables) this > > does not require a big farm land. we can even plant them in flower vases > > and > > keep > > > > and many more ideas to come... > > > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Rohit Mansukhlal > > wrote: > > > > > > > > [This message contained attachments that have been removed.] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > NEW DELHI: Instead of blaming India and other developing nations for > > the > > > > rise in food prices, Americans should rethink > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This is wrong. US president and secretary merely cited the major cause > > > behind > > > little shortage prevailing in food commodities and general price rise > > > world > > > wide > > > thereof. If anything, it should come as a small appreciation of our > > > growing > > > > > > purchasing power due to phenominal increse in the size and capacity of > > the > > > middle > > > class. As long as MCG kind of reactionary and hyper-sensitive > mentality > > is > > > vastly > > > current in this rottenly poor and filthily backward country, one > should > > > expect no > > > betterment. > > > > > > Rohit Zaveri > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > It is perfectly fine to compare apples and oranges when comparing an > > > Orange > > > 3G mobile that's a video phone with Apple iChat which is also a video > > > phone > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > To join/leave, use the form at: > > > http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/#options > > > This list is archived at: > > > http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/archive.html > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards > > > > Anantha Narayanan.T.L > > --- > > Check out my website at http://tlananthu.googlepages.com > > > > Check out my oracle related blogs at > > http://askanantha.blogspot.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > * Every 3000 papers you use requires a tree to be cut. Consider the > > environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > It is perfectly fine to compare apples and oranges when comparing an > > Orange > > 3G mobile that's a video phone with Apple iChat which is also a video > > phone > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To join/leave, use the form at: > > http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/#options > > This list is archived at: > > http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/archive.html > > > > > > > -- > Prof. M C Gupta > MD (Medicine), MPH, LL.M., > > Advocate & Health and Medico-legal Consultant > > mcgupta44@gmail.com > www.writing.com/authors/mcgupta44 > http://mcgupta44.blogspot.com/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > It is perfectly fine to compare apples and oranges when comparing an > Orange > 3G mobile that's a video phone with Apple iChat which is also a video > phone > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To join/leave, use the form at: > http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/#options > This list is archived at: > http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad/archive.html > > -- Regards Anantha Narayanan.T.L --- Check out my website at http://tlananthu.googlepages.com Check out my oracle related blogs at http://askanantha.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------- * Every 3000 papers you use requires a tree to be cut. 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