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> This is a big concern for the French government, as if there is less food for people to eat, the price of food might go up as a result. Interesting, if there
by charles_f 4y ago
> This is a big concern for the French government, as if there is less food for people to eat, the price of food might go up as a result.
Interesting, if there was less food, lack of food for people to eat is what I would worry about.
Famine is by far the thing that scares me the most with global warming
- nerdponx 4y agoFamine, and water scarcity. We don't even have a word for the water equivalent of "famine"; that alone should tell you how unprepared we are for it.
- charles_f 4y agoI think drought might be the word?
- speedgoose 4y agoThe prices will go up a lot before lack of food is a problem. French people also eat a lot of meat, which uses a lot of food to feed the animals. The more expensive prices may reduce the meat consumption.
- Glawen 4y agoPrepare for it at it is going to happen. The production in Europe will decrease, and we will export less food. The famine will be in countries which are not self sufficient and which do not have strong allies. We are seeing it already with Ukraine and Russia barely exporting grain, many countries knocked on the door of France to secure food.
- frozencell 4y ago> The production in Europe will decrease, and we will export less food. France depends on Russia/Ukraine sunflowers right, and was the world’s third largest food exporter in 2005. Now it’s mostly a deficit end: debt and food exporters https://www.leparisien.fr/amp/economie/exportations-l-agriculture-francaise-en-alerte-rouge-10-06-2019-8089995.php https://www.leparisien.fr/amp/economie/exportations-l-agricu...
- yrgulation 4y ago> Famine is by far the thing that scares me the most with global warming This and thirst. I simply cant imagine not finding water to drink. Nightmare stuff. But whats really sad is that we have the tech to secure water and to switch to green energy almost over night (a few years), but whats blocking is greed and stupidity. And it affects us all.