Summary

Our world today is burdened by immediate wants and desires with little consideration for future generations. The political leaders and governments of many countries have only one finite, natural resources as the medium on which most of their economy and infrastructure has been built. In order for basic human activity including business, production and manufacture of food to actually happen, there must be a source of energy which for the past decade or more has depended on natural gas and oil. Many studies show that we are nearing the end of the oil- driven civilisation as oil stores are running out. There are plans being made around the world for alternative methods of generating energy for example wind energy, and nuclear energy. In developing countries like Somalia, however, forward planning and innovation is the least of their worries as majority of their young population are dead or dying due to an inadequate food supply ; a very basic human right. Needless to say, there is no time and no point even bothering about energy provision and building infrastructure in these nations as the concern of highest priority is maintaining survival of the starving members of the human race. Thus, we have a clear divide between the nations of the world; those with more than enough food to feed the population and enough energy to drive roller coasters at theme parks and those who only dream of an era of constant electricity and who plant seeds with the hope of food to eat after harvest time.