World lacks enough food, fuel as population soars

[puddytat]

Well I cant even fix that stink link so Im no good for ideas am I....

Mr Moderator , Mr Mod.......

Being that we're such a fractious lot Im not holding my breath that w'll get our shit together to even begin a realistic dialogue on the subject. Seeing as this is thread is going to shit just like our planet, i will just keep on eating my own shit (composted of course).

[mashman]

Millenium Development Goals

Might need a little bit of formatting... NOTEPAD rules

In red from the perspective of a free Local NZ economy... and the rest of the world should they choose to:

• Target 1A: Halve the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day No problem as money won't exist, neither will poverty. 100% Sorted not just halved.
  
  • Proportion of population below $1 per day (PPP values)
  • Poverty gap ratio [incidence x depth of poverty]
  • Share of poorest quintile in national consumption

• Target 1B: Achieve Decent Employment for Women, Men, and Young People GDP will not exist. There will be massive unemployment. No money means every earns $0 per day. 1 parent will be at "home" all of the time (unless they'd like to work when the kids are at school). Decent Employment achieved based on the needs of society.
  
  • GDP Growth per Employed Person
  • Employment Rate
  • Proportion of employed population below $1 per day (PPP values)
  • Proportion of family-based workers in employed population

• Target 1C: Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger Poverty will be erradicated, t'will be a matter of logistics and if they're done properly 100% not halved will be achieved
  
  • Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age
  • Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption[13]

[mashman]

• Target 2A: By 2015, all children can complete a full course of primary schooling, girls and boys Not a problem if you can build schools for free and you offer free education
  
  • Enrollment in primary education
  • Completion of primary education
  • Literacy of 15-24 year olds, female and male[14]

[mashman]

• Target 3A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015 Hasn't that been done by now? WTF have we been doing for the last century? No money means the right person will be in the right job irrespective of gender.
  
  • Ratios of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education
  • Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament[15]

[mashman]

• Target 4A: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate No money will give us the best chance at achieving this though there being more facilities, more doctors/nurses etc...
  
  • Under-five mortality rate
  • Infant (under 1) mortality rate
  • Proportion of 1-year-old children immunized against measles[16]

[mashman]

• Target 5A: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio If that's possible by the birth being attended by a health professional or full pregancy care by a health professional, then train more of them for free and the problem should be addressed as best as possible.
  
  • Maternal mortality ratio
  • Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel

• Target 5B: Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health
  
  • Contraceptive prevalence rate
  • Adolescent birth rate
  • Antenatal care coverage
  • Unmet need for family planning[17]

[mashman]

• Target 6A: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS Pah. Education education education... free education too. free healthcare for those who need it. Free researcher and materials costs for hunting for a cure, as many researchers as you like, not budget constrained.
  
  • HIV prevalence among population aged 15–24 years
  • Condom use at last high-risk sex
  • Proportion of population aged 15–24 years with comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS

• Target 6B: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it
  
  • Proportion of population with advanced HIV infection with access to antiretroviral drugs

• Target 6C: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
  
  • Prevalence and death rates associated with malaria
  • Proportion of children under 5 sleeping under insecticide-treated bednets
  • Proportion of children under 5 with fever who are treated with appropriate anti-malarial drugs
  • Prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosis
  • Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected and cured under DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short Course)[18]

or give SMOKEU a big fuck off gun and a cloak of invisibility

[mashman]

• Target 7A: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources If you're doing what needs to be done, then you'll be limiting the damage to the environment as much as possible. We have the technology etc... but it costs too much. If it's free then we can use it at no cost at all.

• Target 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss
  
  • Proportion of land area covered by forest
  • CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP)
  • Consumption of ozone-depleting substances
  • Proportion of fish stocks within safe biological limits
  • Proportion of total water resources used
  • Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected
  • Proportion of species threatened with extinction

• Target 7C: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation (for more information see the entry on water supply)
  
  • Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved water source, urban and rural
  • Proportion of urban population with access to improved sanitation
  • Target 7D: By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum-dwellers
  • Proportion of urban population living in slums[19]

[mashman]

• Target 8A: Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system If everyone else will live money free, that will happen by default as we help each other out.
  
  • Includes a commitment to good governance, development, and poverty reduction – both nationally and internationally

• Target 8B: Address the Special Needs of the Least Developed Countries (LDC)
  
  • Includes: tariff and quota free access for LDC exports; enhanced programme of debt relief for HIPC and cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous ODA (Overseas Development Assistance) for countries committed to poverty reduction

• Target 8C: Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States
  
  • Through the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and the outcome of the twenty-second special session of the General Assembly

• Target 8D: Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term
  
  • Some of the indicators listed below are monitored separately for the least developed countries (LDCs), Africa, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.
  • Official development assistance (ODA):
    
    • Net ODA, total and to LDCs, as percentage of OECD/DAC donors’ GNI
    • Proportion of total sector-allocable ODA of OECD/DAC donors to basic social services (basic education, primary health care, nutrition, safe water and sanitation)
    • Proportion of bilateral ODA of OECD/DAC donors that is untied
    • ODA received in landlocked countries as proportion of their GNIs
    • ODA received in small island developing States as proportion of their GNIs
  • Market access:
    
    • Proportion of total developed country imports (by value and excluding arms) from developing countries and from LDCs, admitted free of duty
    • Average tariffs imposed by developed countries on agricultural products and textiles and clothing from developing countries
    • Agricultural support estimate for OECD countries as percentage of their GDP
    • Proportion of ODA provided to help build trade capacity
  • Debt sustainability:
    
    • Total number of countries that have reached their HIPC decision points and number that have reached their HIPC completion points (cumulative)
    • Debt relief committed under HIPC initiative, US$
    • Debt service as a percentage of exports of goods and services

• Target 8E: In co-operation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable, essential drugs in developing countries
  
  • Proportion of population with access to affordable essential drugs on a sustainable basis

• Target 8F: In co-operation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications
  
  • Telephone lines and cellular subscribers per 100 population
  • Personal computers in use per 100 population
  • Internet users per 100 Population[20]

[mashman]

Trying to achieve this under a financial system with budget constraint and politically led leaders is impossible. It's taken 3 - 5 thousand years to get to this point and things aren't getting better. Time to wake the fuck up if you truly want to address these issues!!!

And on that basis, a question (on KB of all places ): do you give enough of a shit for future generations?

[Edbear]

The world's current food production is capabe of feeding from 2 to 3 x the present population. It's not a problem of population or production but of distribution.

The food waste of the Western world would feed the starving in the third world. Nationalism and "commercial requirements" including greed coupled with Governmental corruption in most of the third world, (okay the whole world), makes certain millions of people are starving to death needlessly.

[SMOKEU]

The world's current food production is capabe of feeding from 2 to 3 x the present population. It's not a problem of population or production but of distribution.

The food waste of the Western world would feed the starving in the third world. Nationalism and "commercial requirements" including greed coupled with Governmental corruption in most of the third world, (okay the whole world), makes certain millions of people are starving to death needlessly.

The distribution costs are very high to send food to third world countries. Because many third world countries are a high security risk that makes things even more difficult.

[Edbear]

The distribution costs are very high to send food to third world countries. Because many third world countries are a high security risk that makes things even more difficult.

Yup! And it is the corruption and civil violence in these countries that mean it is virtually impossible to help them.

[Oblivion]

America- 20% of poplulation obese.

I can see the problem already... And thats only America.

Not to mention that Kiwis are already wasteful already...

[nosebleed]

or give SMOKEU a big fuck off, and invisibility

Fixed that for y'all