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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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