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The Malthusians don't have a great track record. Every time someone predicts that we're going to run out of food and starve to death, we just get more efficien
by douche 9y ago
The Malthusians don't have a great track record. Every time someone predicts that we're going to run out of food and starve to death, we just get more efficient at producing it, with greater yields on less acreage, with less labor.
There is so much under-utilized, fertile agricultural land it's not funny. We're still paying people not to grow crops on it.
- contingencies 9y agoAlso don't forget that 40% or some horrifically large proportion of food produced is wasted. That's a great deal of scope for slack. Gratuitous plug: We hope to increase distribution and preparation efficiency @ http://8-food.com/ http://8-food.com/
- DaggerDagger 9y agoAgree agree. Misuse of resources is the key problem. New systems required.
- DaggerDagger 9y agoBlack Swan fallacy. And I never claimed to be Malthusian so please leave your tar brush at home. Also you may note that my criticisms are aimed directly at the current broken systems under utilizing and abusing our agricultural and water resources. We absolutely have enough land and water to go around, but the way we misuse it is going to have the extraterrestrial archaeologists digging through our powdered bones and plastic wrap shaking their heads in sadness.
- root_axis 9y agoThat's fallacious thinking. Just because someone made incorrect predictions doesn't mean that the trajectory is incorrect. Clearly, at some point along the path of exponential population growth we will experience diminishing returns in the yields of engineering efficiencies. Ultimately, we really are dealing with a zero-sum game.