Indians Find U.S. at Fault in Food Cost… duh!
I find this very interesting… especially as India seems to be going the way of becoming the next America, sadly, yet they still seem to think it is ok cause they can blame the US. But then again, economics is just another fiction to push one’s power agenda. Saying, for example, that canada consumes too much energy per capita without taking into account distance and climate is silly. Yes, canadians should live closer together, stop buying food from far away, and use more (and have more) public transit (we all should). THEN factor in bio-regional issues such as temperature and moisture and distance, and then come up with an energy consumption we can work with to improve things… not just get into pissing matches over.
Indians Find U.S. at Fault in Food Cost - New York Times
NEW DELHI - Instead of blaming India and other developing nations for the rise in food prices, Americans should rethink their energy policy - and go on a diet.
That has been the response, basically, of a growing number of politicians, economists and academics in this country, who are angry at statements by top United States officials that India’s rising prosperity is to blame for food inflation.
The debate has sometimes devolved into what sounded like petty playground taunts over who are the real gluttons devouring the world’s resources.
For instance, Pradeep S. Mehta, secretary general of the center for international trade, economics and the environment of CUTS International, an independent research institute based here, said that if Americans slimmed down to the weight of middle-class Indians, “many hungry people in sub-Saharan Africa would find food on their plates.”
He added, archly, that the money spent in the United States on liposuction to get rid of fat from excess consumption could be funneled to feed famine victims.