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I doubt its that dire. There are a lot of things currently that can destroy crops but they are mostly prevented from spreading by border controls on things like
by baroffoos 7y ago
I doubt its that dire. There are a lot of things currently that can destroy crops but they are mostly prevented from spreading by border controls on things like fruit not being able to cross over.
- CameronNemo 7y agoNobody will obey customs in the event of a famine. Have you been on the dark web?
- slimed 7y agoI assume you're joking? USPS operates through rain, sleet, snow, etc, but not famine.
- baroffoos 7y agoThere will be no famine as a result of a single type of crop in a local area getting killed. It still takes at least weeks for the virus to spread around to other crops which is plenty of time to become aware of it and stop its spread. There is also nothing preventing imports of healthy foods over the border. There is also no real incentive to bring bad crops over the border to a safe area.
- onion2k 7y agoAssuming it's spread naturally of course. If it was a deliberate attack it wouldn't be quite so straightforward.
- malka 7y agoFortunately the subset of People that are chaotic, bad, smart, and organized enought to pull this though is emptt
- anigbrowl 7y agoThat's an extremely naive attitude. No famine looks that serious until it is already too late.
- pg_is_a_butt 7y agoTell that to every single chestnut tree doomed to be the last of its kind.
- liability 7y agoYou're correct. Rice and corn are almost tied as staple crops. Wheat, potatoes and bananas trail those two relatively closely. There may be little genetic diversity inside any particular staple food, but there are nevertheless several unrelated staple foods that feed the world. If blight were to wipe out one or two, things would get bad but I'm confident we'd pull through as a species.