Bjorn Lomberg

For years we have heard from the environmental community that time is running out that humans have tipped natures perfectly balanced scale and the only way to even the score is to sell our SUV's, ride bikes and recycle our diapers. Despite generations of American youth being taught that that the earth's population is exploding and resources are running out, apparently they aren't. Bjorn Lomborg author of one of the most important books on the environment, The Skeptical Environmentalist reports after extensive study that we are not running out of energy or natural resources and in fact far fewer people are starving. When it comes to agricultural resources I couldn't agree with more. Today Famine exists not because of production but distribution. Advances in technology have enabled farmers throughout the world to produce more food than in any time in history and remarkably do this on less land with less impact to the environment. Of course we still have a long way to go to maximize sustainability but It is enlightening to know that that some great minds feel we are headed in the right direction. I'm Susan Allen with Food Forethought. .