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Re:The Supervolcano Under Yellowstone Is Alive and Kicking by merpnderp on Saturday August 29, 2015 @04:19PM (#10141244)
Just to replace the wheat crop would require 11x our current total electrical production. We would need All Teh Powerz!
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Re:The Supervolcano Under Yellowstone Is Alive and Kicking by freehunter on Saturday August 29, 2015 @11:05PM (#10142133)
I'm sure in such an emergency we could find a way to switch to a crop that is more calorie dense for the amount of energy it takes to grow it. Wheat is in a lot of products we eat, but not as the main ingredient with just a few exceptions. Just like corn, it's not a terribly efficient crop to grow so we probably wouldn't grow it anymore.
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