[rescue] Re: geek vehicles

[Zach Malone]

Yes, we can produce massive amounts of food using heavy agricultural
methods, however, they rapidly leech the soil of nutrients and make an area
unusable for farming, and living.  For example, Oklahoma, the soil was
leeched of nutrients and the native plant life was destroyed, end result,
the dust bowl.  Another one, the middle east, believe it or not, it was only
a couple thousand years ago that the middle east was a beutiful place to
live, but due to deforestation and the leeching of the soil, we now have
desert.  Its expected that some time in the near future, we will loose the
central valley as a food source.  That region of the US provides a
substantial amount of the food that is consumed in this country.  Sure, we
can support tons of people in the short run, but in the long run, we end up
making that area unusable for food production.
    Zach
> If we can fit litterally 2.5 billion people into China and India alone, I
> don't see the problems for the rest of the planet.  What kind of Big
> Problems do you see?  Places to store people?  There's plenty of space.
> Feeding them all?  Here's another statistic... the United States has the
> production ability to feed the entire planet.  (The only reason we don't
do
> so, is that it's not economically "feasable"...as in, if someone isn't
gonna
> pay me for a burger, i'm not gonna give it to them)
>
> Just curious :)
>
> Jeremy Nielson
>
>
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