5 ms·
>"that's really weird" Not really, given that our use of pesticides allows us to feed billions of people worldwide at low cost. Rates of hunger in the develope
by throwaway94857 7y ago
>"that's really weird"
Not really, given that our use of pesticides allows us to feed billions of people worldwide at low cost. Rates of hunger in the developed world are almost non-existent and globally hunger rates are as low as they've ever been and continue to plummet.
Pesticide treated food is safe and healthy too, so we're feeding the world with safe and healthy food. This is a great thing.
It's not surprising at all that people would say all good. There would need to be some catastrophic side effects of pesticide use for people to even think about questioning it.
So far all problems related to pesticides have been far, far outweighed by them giving us the ability to feed billions.
- ncmncm 7y agoThereby causing global climate disruption, likely ultimately causing billions to starve. Nice work.
- throwaway94857 7y agoWe'll be fine. We already have the tool to save the climate (nuclear), just need to actually use it.
- ncmncm 7y agoIt would take far too long to get enough nuke capacity online to do any good, and would steal capital from more cost-effective measures. Nuke power was never justifiable on a cost basis, and is much less so now than ever before.