Monday, November 9, 2009

Fed, Fueled, and Watered

  • Japan: Japan is a relatively rich country and as such there is more than enough food, clean water, and fuel available. Japanese cuisine is largely seafood, which is most likely a result if its many miles of coastline. Most of Japan's energy production is from hydroelectric power, liquid natural gas, and nuclear power plants. Japan's energy consumption is about 60% from oil alone. Ten major power companies provide all of japans electricity.
  • India: Well... a lot of people suffer malnutrition, even fewer can really use fuel, and finally the water is very polluted. Since India's population and industry are increasing so fast its unsustainable. The fact of the matter is, a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line. Services account for more than half of India's output and employ one third of the population. More than half of the working population is in agriculture. India capitalizes on its large english-speaking population to become a major exporter of software services and workers (think about when you call information because your Microsoft computer is broken...). Water in India, as stated earlier, is extremely polluted. It is estimated that 21% of the communicable diseases are caused by poor water quality. Almost 800 million people do not have clean water to drink.

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