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Technology / productivity / yield increases have massively outpaced population gains, so that hundreds of millions of fewer people are starving today compared t
by joshuahedlund 9y ago
Technology / productivity / yield increases have massively outpaced population gains, so that hundreds of millions of fewer people are starving today compared to a few decades ago, despite billions of more people.
The new fear seems to be that all this food is actually becoming less nutritious due to increased CO2[0]. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in coming years.
[0]http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/09/13/food-nutrients-carbon-dioxide-000511 http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/09/13/food-nutrien...
- dogruck 9y agoThat's interesting research, indeed. On the other hand, we and future generations will surely be working to reduce the CO2 levels.