RE: World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns
November 12, 2011 at 11:36 pm
We have long been increasing this planet's ability to support a human population well beyond carrying capacity. The issue is not of technology.
The issue is, has, and will always be politics.
The politics of the AIDS epidemic in Africa prevents these people from ridding themselves of a generational curse through condoms, aid and medical care.
The politics of starvation, sovereignty and ideology are orthogonal to our ability to halt famine in Africa -- corporate-motivated food 'dumping' has shown that finding and transporting food is not a problem. Nor is artificially inflating the cost of those goods when delivered to that market to prevent destroying the local economy or parceling out each piece such that it is a hassle to obtain the needed sustenance for another day out of the question.
However, the corporations providing food for 'food dumping' benefit from crashing the local economy of those they're trying to 'help' -- they can increase dependence on corporate food sources and simultaneously nuke any potential market into their very controlled oblivion.
So, all in all, you find different saboteurs riddled hither and yon. Even the ones who 'claim' to help often possess ulterior motive.
Without an intense focus on detecting and resolving conflict-of-interest, corrupt politicians, corporations and well meaning individuals will continue to waste money, resources and ultimately deal significant harm while dealing significant good.
And this is in a region where more harm is NOT needed.
The issue is, has, and will always be politics.
The politics of the AIDS epidemic in Africa prevents these people from ridding themselves of a generational curse through condoms, aid and medical care.
The politics of starvation, sovereignty and ideology are orthogonal to our ability to halt famine in Africa -- corporate-motivated food 'dumping' has shown that finding and transporting food is not a problem. Nor is artificially inflating the cost of those goods when delivered to that market to prevent destroying the local economy or parceling out each piece such that it is a hassle to obtain the needed sustenance for another day out of the question.
However, the corporations providing food for 'food dumping' benefit from crashing the local economy of those they're trying to 'help' -- they can increase dependence on corporate food sources and simultaneously nuke any potential market into their very controlled oblivion.
So, all in all, you find different saboteurs riddled hither and yon. Even the ones who 'claim' to help often possess ulterior motive.
Without an intense focus on detecting and resolving conflict-of-interest, corrupt politicians, corporations and well meaning individuals will continue to waste money, resources and ultimately deal significant harm while dealing significant good.
And this is in a region where more harm is NOT needed.
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