Author Topic: Climate change and food supplies (Read 2456 times)

sandbox · « **on:** November 19, 2007, 09:11:18 AM »

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Facing a Threat to Farming and Food Supply

"You'll have a tripling of world food demand by 2085 because of higher population and bigger economies, and I would not be surprised to see as much as one-third of today's agricultural land devoted to plants for ethanol," Cline said. "So it's going to be a tight race between food supply and demand."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ml?hpid=topnews

Gregg · « **Reply #1 on:** November 19, 2007, 12:07:08 PM »

There's no food left now. The cupboard is bare. - See similar stories from the 1970's.

sandbox · « **Reply #2 on:** November 19, 2007, 01:54:50 PM »

QUOTE(Gregg @ Nov 19 2007, 01:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There's no food left now. The cupboard is bare. - See similar stories from the 1970's.

Show me.
<edit to add> http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2..._climate228.mp3

Gregg · « **Reply #3 on:** November 20, 2007, 07:27:50 AM »

QUOTE(sandbox @ Nov 19 2007, 01:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(Gregg @ Nov 19 2007, 01:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There's no food left now. The cupboard is bare. - See similar stories from the 1970's.

Show me.

What? You're from Missouri? Or just have a short memory?

That link didn't load on Exploder.

chriskleeman · « **Reply #4 on:** November 20, 2007, 08:10:57 AM »

Gregg, it's an mp3, don't know if the PC you're using will load it? Haven't used Exploder on a PC in a while to see what preferences that browser might have for playing audio files...

Try downloading it to your desktop and then opening it.

Chris K

sandbox · « **Reply #5 on:** November 20, 2007, 01:10:22 PM »

Gregg, the link is a simple file from PBS, if you can't hear or see simple A/V files or podcasts your missing most of the internet.

kimmer · « **Reply #6 on:** November 20, 2007, 04:14:32 PM »

I don't bother viewing or listening to most vids, A/V files, etc ... and I don't think I'm missing a darn thing.

sandbox · « **Reply #7 on:** November 20, 2007, 10:04:02 PM »

QUOTE(kimmer @ Nov 20 2007, 05:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I don't bother viewing or listening to most vids, A/V files, etc ... and I don't think I'm missing a darn thing.

How would you know?

kimmer · « **Reply #8 on:** November 21, 2007, 03:04:42 AM »

QUOTE(sandbox @ Nov 20 2007, 08:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(kimmer @ Nov 20 2007, 05:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I don't bother viewing or listening to most vids, A/V files, etc ... and I don't think I'm missing a darn thing.

How would you know?

In the past I've watched and listened to all that stuff, and so I can honestly tell you that by not doing so now I don't think I'm missing a darn thing.

And ... I should have kept quiet and let this go rather than try to inject a bit of humor. So maybe we can all drop this?

Gregg · « **Reply #9 on:** November 21, 2007, 07:30:37 AM »

QUOTE(sandbox @ Nov 20 2007, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Gregg, the link is a simple file from PBS, if you can't hear or see simple A/V files or podcasts your missing most of the internet.

I can only do what our systems administrator has rigged the network to accommodate. I am powerless to modify anything.

QUOTE(kimmer @ Nov 20 2007, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I don't bother viewing or listening to most vids, A/V files, etc ... and I don't think I'm missing a darn thing.

I suspect you're correct. The internet is a luxury, not a necessity. We got along fine without any of it for decades, and all of our ancestors did as well. Lots of things we "need" or even truly need in our society are luxuries for more than half of the world's population.

QUOTE(kimmer @ Nov 21 2007, 03:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

And ... I should have kept quiet and let this go rather than try to inject a bit of humor. So maybe we can all drop this?

Not at all (the first part).

sandbox · « **Reply #10 on:** November 21, 2007, 11:04:47 AM »

QUOTE(kimmer @ Nov 21 2007, 04:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(sandbox @ Nov 20 2007, 08:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(kimmer @ Nov 20 2007, 05:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I don't bother viewing or listening to most vids, A/V files, etc ... and I don't think I'm missing a darn thing.

How would you know?

In the past I've watched and listened to all that stuff, and so I can honestly tell you that by not doing so now I don't think I'm missing a darn thing.

And ... I should have kept quiet and let this go rather than try to inject a bit of humor. So maybe we can all drop this?

Nah, just delete the tread.

chriskleeman · « **Reply #11 on:** November 21, 2007, 10:31:36 PM »

I'm not going to delete it, but I am closing it.

If any of you object, please PM me, and we can talk about it.

Best,

Chris K

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Author Topic: Climate change and food supplies (Read 2456 times)