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This article is about the ingredients for bread. If you can't get water and flour without "access to the best of the world and the benefits of specialization",
by lucianbr 2y ago
This article is about the ingredients for bread. If you can't get water and flour without "access to the best of the world and the benefits of specialization", that's on you.
Of course they can't make competitive CPUs. That's perfectly understandable. But provide ingredients for bread?
- whatshisface 2y agoAgriculture is one of the most technological and oil-intensive things that modern civilization does. Combine harvesters are intricate devices which cost millions, and the US happens to be one of the countries with the best relative advantage in growing food due to our climate. For reference, the USSR industrialized to near capability parity in the 60's, but never closed the agriculture gap. Growing a little grain is possible with ancient technology, but a lot of people starved back then, as they do now when agriculture is practiced without oil, pesticides, herbicides and advanced (keeping in step with population growth) machinery.
- rtkwe 2y agoWheat doesn't grow well that far South, it's too warm. [0] Just look at the map of wheat production in the US. So it's a trade item and that's where the embargo and all it's effects come in. [0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Winter_Wheat_2009_Planted_by_County.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Winter_W...