POLI 283 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: World Energy Consumption, Critical Role, Nuclear Power
11 Apr 2017
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Increase in population levels and access to water. Distribution of food is the biggest problem. More than 800 million people suffer worldwide from malnutrition. Poverty, natural diseases, poor transportation systems, and war can restrict access to food supplies. Famine can result from natural disasters or droughts or human-made causes. Overcome imbalance between food production and distribution. Government, un agencies, and ngo"s involved to help get relief. Some relief efforts end up being quite controversial such as not giving enough food supplies to victims, example: somalia. Both short term and long term solutions to world hunger are straightforward. Short term solutions of food donations undercut local efforts to increase food production. Long term solutions of economic development must consider environmentally sound methods. Either way both short/long term cost money. Correlation between economic growth and energy consumption. World energy consumption continues to increase each year. Oil is the world most important source of energy.
