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You are expecting everyone in a country that usually consumes ~5–10x more wheat than rice or potatoes to flip their whole food culture overnight? Do you have an
by jacobolus 5y ago
You are expecting everyone in a country that usually consumes ~5–10x more wheat than rice or potatoes to flip their whole food culture overnight? Do you have any historical examples of that happening? How did it work out?
Where are they going to ship the tens of millions of extra tons of rice/potatoes from that won’t be just as big a logistical change?
- thehappypm 5y agoThe best example is the Irish potato famine. Happening in the mid 1800s. You’d hope today’s more robust diets and supply chains would improve things