This feels like a perfect summary of the struggle (political, economic, social) that lies ahead for the entire planet. The post most likely has a political age

This feels like a perfect summary of the struggle (political, economic, social) that lies ahead for the entire planet. The post most likely has a political agenda so outsiders commenting walk into a landmine but anyways, here my two cents worth of observations, more as generally commentary Doing nothing is not an option: Controlling the water consumption, chemical effluent, deforestation, biodiversity impact etc of ever growing agricultural activity is a no-brainer. Yet: * any misstep in the so-called "transition" or adaptation will be ruthlessly exploited by those who basically do not care what comes down a few generations. Even well-meaning politicians will be reluctant to be proactive or first movers if they face crucifixion. * more specifically: the food scarcity scare will be used cunningly to protect existing agribusiness interests from lost profits. NB: Tea is a export oriented cash crop. This does not mean its not important (if those exports finance food imports, or even just because a whole bunch of people make their living though this) but conflating unrelated interests is not how an honest society solves problems I just hope that the people of this beautiful and remote island (Arthur C. Clarke lived there BTW I wonder what he would have thought) find a way to transition and thrive in a sustainable future...