Don?t try to tell that to an Irishman or Russian or Ukrainian or a Chinamen. They have all died from starvation due to crop failure.
Sri Lanka is now facing food shortages because of government mandates. the weather sure can play a part in things like food shortages. It has happened here, but some of the great starvation events of history were government induced.
Ace, sorry you felt your time was wasted. There were enough references and quotes in there that I thought even you might find it interesting.
Starvation has to do with wealth not individual farms. There may come a time when it has to do with climate change but wealth will still come into play. It is only a matter of time when the western states run out of water. It is being recognized now
I don't know what you mean about wealth. It is true that water is not where we need it right now. There are a number of reasons for that and among them is drought. Another reason we don't have the water where we need it is "environmentalists".
CA is a huge producer of food. When a choice has to be made between something like the delta smelt and the farms, the smelt win and water that should be used to irrigate farms is spilled for the fish. I guess if we run out of veggies, we can eat smelt.
Same here in southern Oregon. The ranchers need the water. The environmentalists want it for the fish. The dams are being removed from our rivers and the greenies want more taken off. Hydropower is very clean. The dams are already up. This seems kind of self-defeating if you are an environmentalist.
Hope I didn't bore you ace.
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