Cornucopia In the 1960s Batman and Robin were on American TVs solving crime, while real famous people were on TV Talk Shows predicting the world will not have enough food to feed the masses by the 1990s. A prediction that did not come true, thank God, because the earlier work of William Godwin and Marquis de Condorcet was correct, and Thomas Robert Malthus' theory, was incorrect.
However today, while less people die of starvation, our world has almost 9 million people die each year of malnutrition related diseases. Yet, we have enough food in this world to feed all 8.2 billion humans. The project called Zero Hunger by the year 2030 has some stating that the project will need additional time based on current statistics of progress. One estimate claims 100 more years are needed to accomplish that goal. I myself, do not have all the data to know what is true or not true with those estimates and/or predictions.
What has gone wrong, and why are we falling short of preventing anyone from going hungry. As I have written many times before in previous Going True Green blogs about the progress towards our answer for the world's energy needs, the answer to the question - What has gone wrong? - is the same: GREED.
Hydrogen fuel cells working on demand with free rainwater, free sunlight, and free energy, eliminate all monthly bills. Therefore, we do not see this solution, because there's no money to be made. All energy sources we have today are a transition to the hydrogen fuel cell answer. The same holds true for supplying food to those in need. The solution will be a transition until we're able to establish the neighborhoods in need to support themselves with growing crops and having a sufficient food supply.
So what's the solution for malnutrition in this world? We have enough food, we have the technology to produce more food, delicious food, or not so delicious. Healthy food or not so healthy food. Nevertheless, the solution has to be a transition toward the ability for many of us to be contributing in a small way or larger way to the food supply. As for myself, I do what I can with the little property I have. However, what I do, can also be done on the rooftop of an apartment building or in a vacant lot. Even growing something by windowsills will help.
As for the malnutrition problem our world suffers, we need to put greed aside and actions such as the following need to take place; but first let us look at what we have so that we may evaluate the complete picture for a solution.
- Freeze dried food was a technology needed by NASA.
- Restaurants around the world throw away leftover food that some calculate can feed everyone who is hungry, every day, several times over.
- Companies today make computers and cell phones that can print out labels in multiple languages.
- Areas of Asia and Africa, where malnutrition is at the worst levels, are at remote parts of the world.
- We have entities, such as the United States post office, making deliveries with half filled trucks and planes to major distribution centers.
- We have technology used by the military to AirDrop, just about anything, on a landing site the size of a helicopter’s landing pad.
Therefore, we need an organized initiative between all the countries of the world so that the following talents can be implemented:
NASA or a private corporation needs to develop a small, fast, and efficient piece of equipment that can be utilized by any restaurant to freeze dry unused food.
Well established restaurants will partake in a program that allows for weekly pick up of their freeze dried leftover food that is clearly labeled with specific data and in all languages spoken along all routes.
Cell phone and computer companies can produce a small and efficient system that can be maintained at any restaurant to print out labels with all significant data relating to the freeze dried food in multiple languages.
Here in the United States, the United States post office, or any private company will facilitate the weekly pick ups of the freeze dried food so that they can be processed through distribution centers for delivery to neighborhoods in need.
For remote area deliveries, distribution will go to appropriate military bases where they will contribute by combining training missions with freeze dried food airdrops for all remote areas.
The last action will combine students from around the world that are studying in the fields such as agriculture, land management, engineering, composting, water management, weather, energy, insect control, storage, environmental, distribution, etc. So that they can work as a team for neighborhoods ready to establish their own sustainable means to grow, produce, and supply food. This is most necessary because people do not want to eat freeze dried food forever.
"Golly-gee Batman, you think of everything!"
"Yes Robin, now the only thing left to do, is get greed out of the way."
Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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