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But will we be able to eat the different organisms that will thrive in this environment? What happens when today's staple crops no longer produce the yields we
by castratikron 10y ago
But will we be able to eat the different organisms that will thrive in this environment? What happens when today's staple crops no longer produce the yields we need to sustain our civilization?
- fabled_giraffe 10y agoDuring the little ice age, people ate things that grew in colder climates, like potatoes. We will find a way to survive, and we have more technology now to help than we did then.
- rosser 10y agoGet ready to enjoy eating things made from jellyfish. Like, a lot of them.
- Tushon 10y agoI would venture that seaweed or algae is more likely.
- hguant 10y agoI don't think so, if only because seaweed isn't very calorie dense - 4 calories per 2 tablespoon according to Wikipedia (well, the google card that gets all its info from Wikipedia at least). I think it's much more plausible that we'll go the route Asimov predicted in "Caves of Steel" - genetically modified and processed yeasts, which are much more calorie dense than seaweed, and much better suited to the sort of industrial process that feeding 10+ billion people requires.
- yongjik 10y agoAs a Korean, I'm glad we're prepared. Jellyfish salad and seaweed soup, anyone? :)
- rosser 10y agoI specifically cite jellyfish, because they're one of the few creatures that will thrive in the increasingly acidic oceans. As so many other species — including those we currently enjoy eating to the brink of extinction — die off, jellyfish will abound.