The Hunger Wars in Our Future
Heat, Drought, Rising Food Costs, and Global Unrest
At this point, the focus is understandably on the immediate consequences of the still ongoing Great Drought: dying crops, shrunken harvests, and rising food prices. But keep an eye out for the social and political effects that undoubtedly won’t begin to show up here or globally until later this year or 2013. Better than any academic study, these will offer us a hint of what we can expect in the coming decades from a hunger-games world of rising temperatures, persistent droughts, recurring food shortages, and billions of famished, desperate people.
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Unless there is another breakthrough such as getting N directly from the atmosphere to make fertilizer or a much more sustainable energy source then Malthus still holds.
I was very happy to see the Vatican relaxed their prohibition for prophylactics.
Hyperbole is the worst thing you can resort to.
Like Mitt Romney killing Mrs. Joseph Soptic?
Like Mitt Romney not paying taxes for 10 years?
Like Republicans wanting dirty air and water?
Hyperbole like that?
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