ruveyn wrote:
Inventor wrote:
Read a news article today, by 2050 food production must double, and that is not happening. By 2040 there will be a global fresh water shortage.
In the advanced industrial countries they can build power plants to desalinate sea water. For the Lesser People, too damned bad.
ruveyn
The advanced industrial countries are within walking distance of the lesser people. Nothing would stop a human wave coming over the Mexican border.
The best answer to famine is kill them, for it is people fleeing famine that spred it. Imagine LA, Houston, with a sudden doubling of population. Everyone would soon be starving, with no way to maintain order.
Sea water is not where it is needed, our main farm lands are far from the coast, and depend on rainfall. An industrial base takes a growing economy. The cost of desalination, pipelines, and the energy to run them will be hard to come by in a declining world.
Arizona is going to run out of water within twenty years. It is a long way from the ocean.
04 Jul 2013, 2:47 pm
