Lester Brown, president of the Worldwatch Institute, said the experience at his research organization was much the same.

However Lester Brown has suggested tin could run out within 20 years based on an extremely conservative extrapolation of 2% growth per year.

Lester Brown believes this problem might be solved by the government establishing a price floor for oil.

Lester Brown has, of course, been predicting imminent global starvation since the 1960s.

"Lester Brown is one of the most important voices in the world, regarding the creation of a new conscience of humanity toward a sustainable society."

- Video interview with Lester Brown, from elephant journal.

Lester Brown was a Canadian Football League running back who played for five different teams from 1980 through 1987.

Lester Brown first promoted the idea of a transition decade in 1990.

"There are a lot of important trends that never get reported," said Lester Brown, who originated the survey in 1992.

But Lester Brown is not alone in worrying about the effect on world hunger.