Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP (renner ) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Starvation and population (moved - (nf) Message-ID: <5325@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Feb-84 22:28:44 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5325 Posted: Thu Feb 2 22:28:44 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 03:23:01 EST Lines: 15 #R:dciem:-65700:uiucdcs:29200072:000:507 uiucdcs!renner Feb 2 18:33:00 1984 /***** uiucdcs:net.politics / dciem!mmt / 2:02 am Feb 1, 1984 */ > If having more food means population growing at a faster rate, > how come the countries with the lowest population growth are > those with the most food? Because those are the countries with the most wealth. In this context (and in most others), wealth == technology. The way to truly end starvation is to help the backwards countries get the technology they need to feed themselves. Scott Renner {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!renner