US intelligence predicts the world in 2030.

[Swampy]

The US National Council on Intelligence has put out a report describing its vision of the world in 2030, and it makes the reasonable prediction that there will be a larger global middle class and power will be more diffused.

While technological advances, migrations, wars and other factors drove change in earlier periods, what sets the next quarter century apart is the way seven “tectonic shifts” are combining to drive change at an accelerating rate, said NIC Counselor Mathew Burrows, the report’s principle author. Those factors are: the growth of the middle class, wider access to new technologies, shifting economic power, aging populations, urbanization, growing demand for food and water, and U.S. energy independence

That's fair, but I'm wondering how much this cost the government, especially when the same conclusion can be reached by being a member of our august group and reading the daily posts.

[bluejay77]

Here in Europe there are there signs visible that societies are beginning to be slightly short of food.

To mention Spain as an example, there have been fishing wars where they have sent their fishing fleet to other nations' fishing waters; and when I visited Spain, and got myself a hamburger, it was heavily helped with some egg white protein.

BTW there is there the book "Nälkäpeli", "The Hunger Game" by Susan Collins, they made a famous film of it.

Prince Charles of the UK in an interview was concerned about overfishing destroying the oceans' fish populations.

[Sir John]

Maybe they should 're-stock' the oceans with small fish.

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Or better still farm them in the ocean, example Salmon in Tasmania, Australia.

Atlantic Salmon, thank you Canada from Tasmania;

www.tassal.com.au/our-history.html

The Process

www.huonaqua.com.au/salmon-school/aquaculture/the-process/

[Swampy]

Free markets will always solve the problem of shortages.

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Freeing Zimbabwe would also help, the bread basket of Africa ruined by a dictator and other African nations not willing to confront him, for fear of also being under the microscope.