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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:26 AM Original message |
Many in this world are starving while we grow food to turn into fuel for automobiles. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Starvation has little to do with food. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Has to do with politics and market manipulation. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Wait- I'd say it has to do with distribution which in turn has to do with politics/markets. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Of course, distribution is crucial. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. IMF/World Bank Seem Indifferent to Building Infrastructure |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I'm not arguing... but I'd add we have a distribution problem here in the good ole USA > |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. +1,000,000,000,000,000,000!!! There is plenty of food, it just gets exported... |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Food Not Fuel |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Of Course, Many of the Starving are in War Zones |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. One thing I don't understand about this question: |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Transportation and storage issues make it unfeasible. |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. farmers in america have long been paid to NOT grow certain |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Are you outraged about the far greater % of corn used to unnaturally bloat animals in factory farms? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Buy Grass-Fed Beef Instead |
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