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Why do billions go hungry? Serious question. Do billions really get the majority of their calories from seafood? I’m probably biased since I won’t eat any seafo
by irrational 5y ago
Why do billions go hungry? Serious question. Do billions really get the majority of their calories from seafood? I’m probably biased since I won’t eat any seafood, so I’m having a hard time imagining that many people subsisting off of it.
- sofixa 5y agoYes, in many poor coastal areas ( like in Africa and Asia, but not only; many European coastal cities also fall into this) fishing is a main source of employment and calories for the population. Even if you replace the calorie intake, you can't easily replace the employment, so they can't pay for that new food.
- ncmncm 5y agoThe critical ocean input happens to be protein. Calories are relatively easy to obtain, but do not suffice.
- mattmanser 5y agoThere's no meaningful amount of employment in Europe from fishing. European fishing is done with mega trawlers operated by tiny crews. It's just a political football generally used by nationalists to further their agenda. You could ban industrial fishing in the UK or France or Spain and it would have no effect on their economies, just personal tragedy for a few thousand. For example in the UK, out of 66,000,000 people a tiny 12,000 are professional fishers.
- pvaldes 5y agoFive false statements in a row. Congratulations.
- m0llusk 5y agoFood production already uses essentially all arable land on the globe. Changing environmental conditions are expected to significantly reduce the amount of arable land fit for agricultural use.
- KptMarchewa 5y agoFood production yes, but only transitively. It's mostly for animal feed. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/