"Michelle Fulton" wrote in message
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"James Curts" wrote in message
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I'm just tagging along here but the numbers thing interests me. Many of
the
folks I help support would believe they were hosts of an unlimited
supermarket with much less than even 2000 cal/day.

That's what I was thinking, but I'm definitely not an expert. I'll be
interested to find out where Don got that figure from.

M


His figure is not far off for a large, 6' 1", 180-190 pound, active male 30
years old. A large percentage of the world population is of considerably
smaller stature.

However his numbers are an indication of the world's needs and provide a
realistic base from which to visualize the required land needs to achieve
that particular goal.

When one realizes that if each person in the world had 3500 cal/day
available to him/her the gun runners would be hard pressed to make a go of
it. Hunger, after religion, is the most easily and cruelly wielded tool in
manipulating a populace. North Korea comes to mind.

My doctor has some very pointed remarks for me when I insist that 2150
cal/day is inhumane treatment of a taxpayer and good citizen.

James Curts