@Anonymous: who estimated that?

@Anonymous: Is it now? Tell me more.

No matter how much money it costs to eradicate hunger, you can never eradicate hunger. Someone, somewhere in the world, will be hungry.

@Anonymous: Even though you're joking, I think you have a point. Many countries with the poorest populations also have stupidly rich communities/leaders. They have presidents that ignore their starving population while sitting in beautiful buildings feasting on delicious food. Leaders need to take responsibility for their people, rather than relying on other countries and donations. We also need to ensure, if we are going to donate, that the money is being spent wisely and not on weapons, which is not uncommon.

@Anonymous: > Leaders need to take responsibility

I don't think they care. One might go so far as to surmise that an impoverished population could actually strengthen their position.

what if there are not waffles

@Anonymous: Actually, there is the very real possibility of us "running out" of food.

newsfeed.time.com/2010/12/07/impending-crisis-earth-to-run-out-of-food-by-2050/

While I don't think that here in North America we'd feel the pinch as much, we would notice it. As the population of the Earth increases, the amount of produce required to feed everybody obviously must also increase. Unsustainable food production, like beef (www.noble.org/ag/Forage/efficiency-beef/index.html), may very well become a luxury food by the time our generation reaches its senior years.
We talked about this in botany. People are buying up land in Africa in the hopes that they can turn it into a profit by converting the land into an agriculture centre, thereby making money out of the food shortage (I didn't say it was a GOOD idea, just something people are doing).

Another danger is running out of water. Idiots like my Prime Minister are trying to privatize the water industry so they can export more of it, rather than have the government actually monitor and maintain levels of fresh water and consumption of.

@Anonymous: Sure, if we all act her-der about everything we can run out of food, but the human race has always faced food shortage and overcome it.

I understand that there are many eugenicists and environmentalists who want to scare us into thinking that we're already over-populated ... but when we truly are over-populated the human race will work it out. The negative way to work it out would be through something like a massive war ... the positive way would be through something like moon colonization.

As for running out of food ... cows breed more cows, chickens breed more chickens, grass breeds more grass, potatoes breed more potatoes ... etc. The challenge is really about space. Currently, there's still plenty of space on earth to keep expanding for a while, but when space runs out ... we have potted gardens in homes ... green houses on the tops of buildings ... or perhaps even 'skyscrapers' that are nothing by vertically layered farms?

When a professor or an article tells you about a problem ... it's not your job to freak out and try to stop humanity's natural path ... it's your job to come up with a solution that allows the natural path to continue in its most positive way.