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We're close to peak population. The idea we're going to run out of water is a James Bond movie, not reality. Look at how productive China is compared to the U
by onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
We're close to peak population.
The idea we're going to run out of water is a James Bond movie, not reality.
Look at how productive China is compared to the US in growing calories. Then consider how little of China's land is fertile (12.6% arable vs 17.2% in the US).
China produces nearly 5x as many calories on 66% the arable land - nearly 6.7x more productive.
Then consider that India is FAR better suited for agriculture than the US, but is not considerably more productive.
We're not running out of food or water or solar radiation in our lifetimes.
- GVIrish 4y agoSure we won't run out of water, the challenge is gonna come when weather patterns shift in a way that cause droughts on crop-bearing land or abnormal temperatures in key parts of the growing season. Some parts of the world may be in for some considerable pain in those scenarios.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoOthers are likely in for considerable gain.
- thfuran 4y agoWe're not going to run out of water as in "there doesn't exist enough water on the planet to sustain the total population", but we're already running out of water in the sense of "there are places where the ground water is not replenished as quickly as it is being depleted by local industrial and consumer usage, and reservoirs are critically low". That there's plenty of water 5,000 miles away is only so helpful.