>It is a bit disconcerting to me that commenters here are fascinated by the technical analysis of this system and appear quite oblivious to the problem of starving human beings.

Your emoting and four bucks will buy a cup of coffee. It's not going to help anyone eat.

You have to understand what's going on before you can make things better. So yeah, how the "moving pieces fit together" matters more than how much anybody cares.