Starvation, Food Wastage and Thailand

Year 2011 – Galaxy: The Milky Way. System: The Solar System. Planet: Earth.

In Somalia there are 500,000 Human Beings facing death due to starvation right now…

A maximum of 200,000 people died as a result of the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

In America, it has been calculated that $100 Billion dollars worth of food gets wasted every year. (This is not a dig at America, only a quick reference that I was able to “Google”.) I don’t even want to add a figure onto this for the rest of the world.

Let’s put this into context:

1. The total population of Somalia is roughly 10,200,000.
2. A Big Mac in the States costs approximately $3.80.
3. US$100 Billion will buy you 26,3 Billion Big Macs.

This is enough, to supply everyone in Somalia with a Big Mac, every single day, for 7 years!

In Somalia 500,000 Human Beings face death due to starvation right now….

Draw whatever conclusions you want to….

All I can say is that we are lucky-fucking-fish.

Here is an interesting site on the matter Wastedfood.com

Here is an interesting article .

Not to disrespect any of the above and to lighten the mood a little:

A friend of mine Dale, the same friend from Cooking, Snoring and Self Defense fame, asked me to include this:

UNCOVERING THE SECRETS OF THAI BAR GIRLS

And while we are about it, I might as well include:

 

Lonely Planet Guide to Thailand