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Because global climate is going to get worse and worse.
by MaysonL 14y ago
Because global climate is going to get worse and worse.
- dmix 14y agoSource that this will cause high food prices? From our standpoint, technology and automation will get better and better, bringing the price of many things down. Humans have demonstrated their ability to adapt to change.
- kamaal 14y ago>Humans have demonstrated their ability to adapt to change. And that realization only comes after some big wars, famines and disasters. There are only a few instances where we have changed proactively. Humans have always needed a wake up call.
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- mcantelon 14y agoAlso inflation. Lots of "quantitative easing" going on.
- ams6110 14y agoRemains to be seen
- sskates 14y agoInstead of arguing about things in the abstract, it's possible to find actual data. Corn prices are actually expected to hold steady until July of next year and then go down: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/agricultural/grain-and-oilseed/corn_quotes_settlements_futures.html http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/agricultural/grain-and-oilse...
- lifeguard 14y agoCheck out rice and lentils. Prices are rising.
- nl 14y agoGlobal warming may (in the mid-term) increase food production by moving the grain productive zones further north (to the Russian Steppes) were there is more land area.