Why does not the earth always produce enough to provide mankind with the necessities of life?

Answer 1

The earth produces sufficient for everyone, in abundance.
Unfortunately there are a few very greedy people on this planet, who want, and get, far more than their fair share.
The 10% most rich people in the world control 90% of the earth's resources, leaving just 10% for the remaining 90% of people.
I live in China, and as a family of three we spend less than $400 per month.
We consume zero oil, a little electricity, cook all our own vegetarian food, and have a great life. We are not taking any more than our fair share from the planet.
How about you?

Answer 2

I beleive the real question would be, why hasn't mankind learned how to manage what the earth gives us so that all can enjoy the neccessities of life. The earth produces plenty. It's just not getting every where it's needed!

Answer 3

A profound question.
a) No one has yet to define necessities of life.
b) W/o a common definition, some presume they have more of a right to "enhanced" necessities.
c) We "got ours" by chance so let others get their own mentality.
d) The earth provides humankind enough, humankind has yet to learn the why of helping everyone obtain their share.

Answer 4

It does. All you really need is food and water to survive.

I know some kids now think that cell phones and the internet are necessities to life, but they're wrong. Cell phones don't allow you to survive. Look back in history, at the way people lived without t.v. and the internet, even without medicine. Everything other than food and water are priveleges, not necessities to life.

Answer 5

The earth produces more than enough food to feed the people of the world. The problem is not in production, but in distributing the food to those who need it.

God is good, He will always provide, but sinful man through political games messes things up.

Answer 6

It's a lack of cooperation and understanding among humans. If I share the fruits of my harvest with you, and you scorn the labor to produce it as being beneath you, if you allow your children to trample new stalks of grain under their feet and break the limbs off my fruit trees with a shrug and say 'it's only a plant.' and let your dog chase my laying hens and say 'he's only playing.' I will not be inclined to help you in the future and I will want compensation for my humilation. Now I guard what is mine from you.

We prefer to do what demands the least effort and responsibilty on our part. We prefer to get without giving back. We prefer to understand only enough to get by with. We prefer instant gratification to larger rewards we have to work and wait for. And we live in a world that is catering more and more to our desire for instant gratification.

Answer 7

The earth produces more than enough to feed the world's population, but political entities get in the way and cause suffering and famine.

Answer 8

the earth has all the necessities of life whiich are needed by man and all living things. it is the question of using it and the way you will do it. if you are lazy to do what is supposed to be done nothing will happened and will remain nothing until somebody could do something about it use your initiative, use your knowledge, use your intelligence, use your mind or intelligent thinking

Answer 9

It does. We are in a very selfish society and we all take for granted what we have, compared to how hard it was for our ancestors. What do you not have that you need? You have water, food, shelter ect. If your talking about crude oil to mke gas then you can look and see that the U.S. has plenty of that too. The government is just too stubborn to allow us to use it.

Answer 10

Sin in the Earth.
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