A fair share for all.

Poverty leads the list of worlds problems. Further about 1000 million people in the world live securely and have at their disposal a super abundance of resources. In fact 1 family in the rich world consumes more energy and produces more pollution than 30 rural families in the poor world. Yet the poor continue to be blamed for destroying our planet. Regardless of what many may claim to belong to either the poverty or super abundant or even some intermediary groups is a matter of birth not of perseverance and saving. The most outrageous example of inequality in the world is the world food situation. Supermarkets in rich countries have a hugh variety of foods which often contribute to chronic diseases whereas those in poor countries where most of the food is produced do not eat enough due to lack of funds. Indeed large food processing countries buy raw food products inexpensively and by processing packaging and advertising inflate finished product prices so high that only the richest can afford it. Developed countries give about US$60/inhabitant/year to developing countries which does not compare to the large flow of money from the poor to the rich countries. Developing countries need a health infrastructure that promotes proper nutrition and prevention of communicable diseases but developed countries send sophisticated computerized diagnostic techniques. Research shows that a diet full of vegetables and fruit with only small amounts of animal products and high energy foods is what our bodies can best digest and which protects us against chronic diseases. So we do not need to kill so many animals grow so much grain for fodder or to destroy forests to introduce grazing. Indeed we can eat and live in harmony with nature but will we before 2000?