This morning I awoke to the riots in Egypt which have been in progress for over four days now, as well as in Tunisia, there have been social protests in many other countries, and I have watched Spaniards tell their stories of being unemployed for up to two years and some of the women look like they are starving due to high food prices and little or no money to purchase it with. A large portion if not all of these riots have to do with lack of jobs, lack of food or high prices, and deplorable living conditions. Here is a quote from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the 2011 Davos conference regarding rising population and lack of food:
"Violent demonstrations over recent weeks in several countries -- including Tunisia and Algeria -- have been provoked in part by escalating food prices.
Noting that the world population is already approaching seven billion this year and expected to reach nine billion by twenty-forty-five, he warned that a failure to manage resources including food could spark the next conflict.
"The next economic war or conflict can be over the scarce resources if we do not manage it together," Yudhoyono said."
Food is the concern, not oil, not drugs, not terrorism, but FOOD!
If you have not seen the movie Soylent Green, I suggest it because it deals with just this issue and the solution is horrific. Note that people still rely on the government or a company in the movie to get fed these lovely wafers instead of learning how to garden and grow their own food! Unless you want to eat processed people, I suggest you try to grow your own food, it can be done indoors and outdoors and in cold climates and warm climates. When I think of how people in Leningrad during WW2 were eating human flesh and even baked dirt, I get very motivated to learn to grow fruit and vegetables and have a few chickens and roosters. People will do horrific things, and are easily manipulated when facing the prospect of not having food.
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