Claim. Over seventy percent of the Earth is ocean, and as land-based food resources approach exhaustion humanity will have no alternative but to turn to the sea — making mastery of marine industry the decisive factor for the survival of nations.
Elaboration. SMM sets the providential frame in one sentence: “more than two thirds of the Earth’s surface, more than 70 percent is ocean. What would we do if our land-based food resources diminish? We will have to turn to the oceans and catch our food there” (88-179, 1976.8.10). The argument is geophysical before it is theological — land resources will exhaust within “a few short years” while “the raw materials that we can get from dry land are limited but those that come from the sea are unlimited” (207-218, 1990.11.11). The unmet need is concretely sized: “Every year, 20 million people die of starvation. That is 60,000 people a day” (217-314, 1991.6.12). SMM treats this not as policy advice but as a providential conclusion — “those nations with large ocean areas will have an advantage, particularly in terms of marine products-related industries, and nations with less ocean area will be at a disadvantage.”
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