From: Russell Pearson <r.pearson-AT-art.derby.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 13:07:29 +0100
Subject: Re: M-TH: Marine biodiversity and soil fertility



>Whatever natural limits to food production do exist it is plain that
>capitalism has not even begun to scratch the surface: Scarcity under
>capitalism is man made, not natural.
>--
>James Heartfield

Indeed, as Alex Callinicos of the British SWP (hardly James' best mate), is
fond of pointing out: utlising the most very basic of traditional
agricultural technologies could support a human population ten times
greater than that currently habiting the earth.


Russ







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