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hueymahl

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17. Of course not

Reply to Skittles (Reply #16)

Fri Jun 20, 2025, 12:13 PM

Jun 20

Articles like these consistently discount the advance of technology to solve food production problems. Not once in modern history has a prediction like this one been accurate for any time period longer than a couple of years. Technology and human ingenuity are always solving the problems and will continue to do so.

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Children born now may live in a world where the US can only produce half as much of its key food crops [View all] NickB79 Jun 18 OP

Maybe this is why Trump is reducing the US population. Irish_Dem Jun 18 #1

America has plenty of food production DSandra Jun 18 #3

After four years of Trump ruining agriculture, meat packing, etc., this may no longer be the case. Irish_Dem Jun 19 #8

Mostly thanks to extremely destructive, unsustainable practices NickB79 Jun 19 #14

That doesn't appear to be factoring in the fact that fossil fuels will start to run out long before 2100 AZJonnie Jun 18 #2

I'll wait for Tapper's book. BidenRocks Jun 18 #4

RuBisCo activase is heat intolerant markodochartaigh Jun 18 #5

Which is why forcing women to have babies is a super bad idea. travelingthrulife Jun 19 #11

Well, that is certainly one reason, markodochartaigh Jun 19 #12

We're already seeing it SpankMe Jun 18 #6

Unfortunately in Canada markodochartaigh Jun 19 #13

It's not a problem. DONkey is making sure there is nobody available to pick them anyway! Wonder Why Jun 18 #7

I thought he was encouraging women to have more kids - what are they going to eat?! Rhiannon12866 Jun 19 #9

Similar predictions have been made since at least the late 60's hueymahl Jun 19 #10

We're currently at the highest CO2 levels in 20 million years NickB79 Jun 19 #15

are you discounting the effects of climate change? Skittles Jun 20 #16

Of course not hueymahl Jun 20 #17