On 4/6/2021 10:15 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-04-06 9:33 a.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 4/6/2021 12:24 AM, Allan Rogers wrote:
>>> On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 22:58:08 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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>> Perhaps you should be smart enough to profit from these things.Â* No
>> matter how much he potentially makes, the fact that our natural
>> resources will run out and we can only support so many people does not
>> change.
>>
>> What is your solution?
>
> It's a dicey situation. People in the west have clued into the problems
> we face from over-population so most of us have reduced family size.
> While we boomers came from families with four kids, and our great
> grandparentsÂ* bred themÂ* by the dozen, sthe younger generation seems to
> be limiting themselves to one or two. However, we are major consumers.
> Meanwhile, in the third world where so many people are desperately poor
> and often go hungry, they are multiplying like rabbits.
>
> I am not sure what is going on with the world wide distribution of
> Covid19 vaccine but there was a lot of talk about the importance of
> vaccine equity, that the richer countries should not be looking after
> only themselves first, that we are morally obliged to share it with
> poorer countries.Â* I appreciate that is the kind thing to do. I am not
> convinced it is the wisest.Â* Let's face it.Â* The wealthiest countries
> have long carried the poorer ones with investments and foreign aid.Â* If
> we don't look after our own our economies will suffer and we will not be
> able to help them at all.Â* If we give up our vaccines and loss even more
> lives here to save theirs, it's not like they are going to be in a
> position to help us.

I watched a Rick Steves show about Ethiopia. The big cities have what
looks to be a nice downtown area with public transit, plenty of cars,
tall buildings. Around the corner the locals are living in dirt floor
shacks.

They are making some progress with schools and teaching trades like
welding, plumbing, sewing. They may eventually be the cheap labor
source replacing some of the Asian countries.

Some villages now have a well and can hand pump water locally instead of
walking five miles for drinking water.

https://www.gatesfoundation.org/our-...frica/ethiopia