"Attention has focused on oil insecurity, and rightly so, but it is not the same as food insecurity. An empty gas tank is one thing, an empty stomach another. And while there are substitutes for oil, there are none for food." –Lester R. Brown, Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.
Lecture for San Francisco World Affairs Council
September 24, 2003
Audio of talk at the San Francisco World Affairs Council on Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble.