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Re: Define abundance

Posted by Baldur on 2011-November-20 05:40:38 EST, Sunday
In reply to Re: Define abundance posted by Dissident on 2011-November-20 05:30:00 EST, Sunday
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There is no doubt that the world produces enough food for everyone, and that the chief impediment to feeding everyone is political - but where specifically do you get the data that just Iowa and Kansas are sufficient to feed the entire world? I think that is stretching things a bit, and every study I have seen has found that despite increasing yields due to new crop varieties, a good deal of real estate is needed to feed the world. In fact, if it were not for the green revolution in the 1960s humanity would have exceeded its ability to feed itself.

That said, I do believe that before long we will reach a point where food is so cheap as to essentially be free, but I just don't see a way to get there without capital investment.



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