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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:14 AM Original message |
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. This blog post gives the Big Picture of what's happening, and about to happen |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. there is that black market selling of dog meat to restaurants in Russia |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes.. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. if we in the industrialized world reduced our ridiculous level of meat consumption |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm not a vegetarian |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. exactly and thank you |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. If something is cheap, it will be wasted |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. true, but the reason meat is so cheap is because of massive water subsidies and other kickbacks |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's not going to help. nt |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. Economic problem |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. Nota Bene: No country is immune, not even the USA |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. Sure. But the problem is there are no food shortages; those are all illusions. n/t |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Did you read the story about the Haitian refugees off of Florida? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. What I meant was: there is no shortage of food. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Okay, I get it...and I agree |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Here's a link to a much better explanation ... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
14. Yes, of course. Will it happen? Difficult to predict |
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