> We have fresh water and food, both in global surplus. This is a bit misleading, if only because what matters is not necessarily the aggregate amount of food

> We have fresh water and food, both in global surplus. This is a bit misleading, if only because what matters is not necessarily the aggregate amount of food but getting it where it is in demand. It would be an incredible waste of resources to ship freshwater from the Great Lakes to Northern China, for example. And most of the countries that have food security issues have issues not only with the amount of food they have, but the means to get food in people's mouths in time before spoilage.