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Posted Tue Jan 31 2012: from Reuters:
World lacks enough food, fuel as population soars: U.N. http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1328028617
The world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid sending up to 3 billion people into poverty, a U.N. report warned on Monday. As the world's population looks set to grow to nearly 9 billion by 2040 from 7 billion now, and the number of middle-class consumers increases by 3 billion over the next 20 years, the demand for resources will rise exponentially.
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'Doc Jim says:
Too many people; pythons in the Everglades could soon be running out of food. Synergy here?

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