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The average person doesn't care because there aren't food shortages yet. The current inflation of food prices is driven by snarls in the supply chain rather tha
by Victerius 5y ago
The average person doesn't care because there aren't food shortages yet. The current inflation of food prices is driven by snarls in the supply chain rather than a lack of pollinators.
- cobookman 5y agoWould we even have food shortages if all pollinators died out? Couldn't we automate artificial pollination? Such machines already exist: https://www.fastcompany.com/90463417/in-our-dystopian-future-farmers-will-use-these-artificial-pollination-machines-to-replace-bees https://www.fastcompany.com/90463417/in-our-dystopian-future...
- omosubi 5y agoLet's not run that experiment
- prawn 5y agoI toured a very advanced tomato-growing facility last year where people roamed the rows with battery-powered blowers to aid in pollination. Pest-control was in-part handled by strategically released wasps. The entire facility was powered/heated/cooled by a heliostatic field. At a smaller scale, my parents were pollinating the tomatoes in their car-sized home greenhouse using an electric toothbrush!
- pvaldes 5y agoYou can automate artificial pollination, Japanese do it routinely. Is just that then you need to pay Japanese prices for your pears.