One country hogging the pork
Anorak | 17.07.2004 19:18 | Analysis | Oxford
There is a big country with y % of the world’s population that produces 2y % of the world’s pork, and eats it.
Yes, whether you are a carnivore who would like the pork shared out, or a veggie who would like what the pigs eat shared out, they have 45% of it !
This same country produces more wheat than any other in the world.
More lamb and mutton.
More potatoes.
Even more rice.
Before making an indignant anti-capitalist reaction, we need to look carefully at some readily available recent statistics and make some simple calculations.
The country is China, and good luck to it.
This same country produces more wheat than any other in the world.
More lamb and mutton.
More potatoes.
Even more rice.
Before making an indignant anti-capitalist reaction, we need to look carefully at some readily available recent statistics and make some simple calculations.
The country is China, and good luck to it.
Anorak
