the increase in the world's population in recent years,
food production has so far managed to keep pace with it.
Nevertheless, it is doubtful whether this can go on indefinitely
better methods of production are evolved. The picture
is not completely black.
some experts insist on the inevitability of starvation,
others argue that we can survive
we are willing to adapt ourselves to changing
circumstances,
it will be hard for us to break the habits of a
lifetime.
, most people find it difficult to adapt to the eating
customs of other countries. Although they have lived abroad for
many years, many English people are incapable of doing without
tea;
, that is what they claim.
, it is hardly logical to pretend that something is
really necessary when everyone else seems to get on happily
without it.
, in the future we may have no choice in the matter. We
may be grateful for anything that satisfies our hunger and
thirst, however unappetising it may appear.
