The world has a water shortage, not a food shortage

[tannybogus]

MOST people drink about 2 litres of water a day, but consume 3,000 a day if the water that goes into their food is taken into account. Rich countries use more as their consumption of meat, which is far more water-intensive than grain, is higher. Around 1.2 billion people live in places that are short of water, and it is running out in others such as northern China and western America. Meanwhile, the world's population is growing and more water will be needed to feed it. Farming, which accounts for some 70% of human water consumption, offers the best opportunity for thrift. Repairing leaks and better irrigation in poor countries could help reduce wastage by up to 70%, as could switching to less thirsty crops in arid regions.

http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12252721

The oil shortage pales in comparison.:scared:

[Uben]

1. Ya think?

How many people have you heard of dying of thirst? How many die of hunger? Water is the single-most abundant resource on our planet! There are scarcities of drinking water, no doubt, but we do have the technology to alleviate that problem, it just takes money. There are food scarcities, too, but no shortage of arable land. Getting food to where it's needed is the problem here. Again we have the technology to alleviate this problem, but doing takes incentive, and no one seems to want to tackle the problem.
Those with resources are more concerned with expanding and protecting those resources than trying to solve the problems of poorer nations.