Environment: When You Live in a Desert

SPROL is one of my favorite sites related to environmentalism. Today's post looks at Ethiopia's droughted landscape.

The precautionary tale for Americans is simple: "

And as with all shortages, we can expect the poor to stand in line the longest and to pay the most for whatever commodity is in short supply. It’s the rule of supply and demand, the free-market system we Americans are so proud of. There’s just one problem: when applied to life’s necessities, it leads to a tacit caste system in which the rich and powerful survive and the poor and disenfranchised die off.