Last week I wrote a post about the Vectors ofSustainability, being Ethics and Efficiency each one of them.Throughout the text, I cited Brazil as anexample of unsustainable country, based on the general inefficiency of thecountry, specifically workers, whose current efficiency is following indicatorsof the 1960s.Taking the issue of efficiency for the planetas a whole, and looking at two very important points for the human beingsurvival, water and food, unfortunately I also come to the same conclusion. Theway we treat these two vital items for our survival on Earth is extremelyinefficient, leading me to an unsustainable vision for the planet, consideringthe increase in population and the waste we generate with water and food.Focusing only on meals, according to the FAO,the organization of the UN for Food and Agriculture, each year we lost in theworld 1.3 billion tons of food, equivalent to 33% of everything is produced.Assuming that every human being could live with12 kg of food per day, they would need 180 kg/year, or 0.18 ton/year/person.Considering this consumption, the wasted food would be enough to feed theentire population of Earth in this average consumption condition, or 7.2billion people. Remaking the acount, considering a daily consumption of 1 kg/person,the wasted food could feed 3.6 billion people. And 1 kg/day/person of food is avery good quantity.This waste, a great indicator of inefficiency,is present in the entire production chain, from cradle to grave, from thefarmer to the end consumer, or from the harvesting up the food remains uneaten in the plates, which end up in the trash.There are efficiency problems in harvestingoperation, either manually or mechanically. Added to these, the losses that occurin the logistics system, in the loading, in the transport and in the unloading.After, come the problems with the capacity and the storage conditions. Inaddition, losses in processing systems, packaging, storage of the processedproduct, new logistical problems from the processors to intermediate depositsand so on, until reach the end consumer.Getting to the final consumer, both individualand commercial, losses continue. Lack of planning leading to unnecessarypurchases, problems with domestic storage and expiry dates, losses in thepreparation, waste produced in kitchens, larger volumes prepared over thandemand and debris left on the plates.This inefficiency crosses all our valuesconnected to sustainability, according to our diagram with 2 horizontal beamsat the base and 6 columns over this base, to support the achievement ofsustainability.The 1st value not reached is the metaphysicalor transcendental vision, because the food is being seen throughout its chainas just a commercial product, being treated like any other trade item where theeconomic pillar is what talks. How many times have we watched at tv, farmers pouringmilk to the ground, destroying portions of their productions, protestingbecause they did not have the minimum trade amount for the product?This same example above serves to demonstratehow we attack the 2nd value, ethics. Is it fair to destroy something in a sideof the world while in the other side are people who do not have anything toeat? Where is the ethics of these same producers or agencies of governments orthe UN, which could equate this kind of problem? They are all thinking