As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms

Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms by stuckagain on Sunday December 25, 2016 @04:56PM (#13255602)

Food shock =~ meat shock. 95% of our agriculture is dedicated to raising meat. Cutting meat production immediately relieves any and all water problems.

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Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms by FlyingSnake on Sunday December 25, 2016 @05:17PM (#13255675)

> 95% of our agriculture is dedicated to raising meat

That's a really tall claim, and I don't believe we don't dedicate resources to grow wheat, rice, corn etc. Do you have sources for that?

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Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms by stuckagain on Sunday December 25, 2016 @06:19PM (#13255958)

How tall do you think it is, exactly?

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Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms by chiefalchemist on Sunday December 25, 2016 @05:23PM (#13255694)

95% sounds over the top but it's certainly true that raising animals for human consumption is resource intensive.

Yes, there is and should be a concern. The problem with predictions like this - e.g., "We need GMOs..." - is they presume we'll continue to be completely stupid. Yes, change is difficult. But it's not impossible.

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Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms by dTal on Sunday December 25, 2016 @06:18PM (#13255950)

To be fair, that's usually a safe presumption; any plan that ignores the stupidity of humans is doomed to failure.

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Re:As Groundwater Dwindles, a Food Shock Looms by chiefalchemist on Sunday December 25, 2016 @11:21PM (#13256907)

Well yeah. But we might have much choice this time.

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