re: #460 LudwigVanQuixote

Politics is elastic up until the finality of a gunshot, the reality of starvation and the imposition of tyranny. Then it becomes very simple and the comfortable illusions we embrace disappear.

Well said.

On the path we are on now, the United States will produce less food than is needed to feed more than half of its population by 2100 (on a very optimistic estimate). It could reasonably be expected to get as bad as not enough food for one in four, or even one in six. As unlikely as one in two is one in ten.

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You know I’ve been on your case a bit about this point. While I understand your concern I do think you’ve missed the point that on a caloric count basis current US agriculture produces an order of magnitude more product than is needed for the 310 million people in this country.

The Agriculture Industry of the US is what it is because it has been designed by major players in industry, over the past 80 years or so. That has had many negative side effects, but it has without a doubt also led to a massive increase in calorie production.