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With food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s plutocrats vs. life on Earth
- dekhn 3y agoFood systems aren't on the verge of collapse. That's unnecessary wording designed to make the reader experience fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
- darkclouds 3y agoHow big is the verge? This sort of thing has happened before and this book sets out a good overview of how the West handled it last time https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Ice-Age-Revised-1300-1850/dp/1541618599 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Ice-Age-Revised-1300-1850/dp... But crops, like soy beans a staple food, are being bred with lower omega (3 & 6) oil content, to reduce storage costs because omega oils will go rancid quickly and spoil the crop. And if there was a shortage of food then farmers wouldn't be growing crops to burn in biomass PowerStation's.