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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett)
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Subject: Re: poor starving people
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Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 17:30:14 EST
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> > = me
>   = Phil Ngai

> Gordon's response to my article sounded like it was more in agreement
> than disagreement. But I do have one comment.
> 
> > I presume that certain countries like the USSR, US and Canada have
> > much more productive land than others, and the productive croplands
> > of the world are not evenly distributed; thus these countries'
> > surpluses SHOULD be going to starving 3rd-4th-5th world  countries.
> 
> I can believe the first part, that the US has more productive land
> than Ethopia. I question the second part.

I meant "MORE PRODUCTIVE land" rather than "MORE (productive) LAND".
Sorry for the confusion.  The gist of this that certain areas of the
world are more blessed in their climate for food cultivation than
others, and this reasoning can be used to justify the exporting of
grain from those countries to the less blessed ones.

Of course, I am entirely opposed to Southern California watering
IT'S desert with Northern California's water.
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