My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal collapse”

Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by throwaway0a5e on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:44AM (#27856154)

I just picked some random state that has a farming economy (very sensitive to slight environmental changes) at one end and a city economy (not so directly tied to the environment as long as energy is cheap and it isn't flooded) at the other that runs the show so forgive me if the example isn't bulletproof.

>Isn't Chicago the more liberal area that wants to fight climate change?

Right up until you have to take some other controversial step in order to do it.

I'm sure you can imagine how things would go if downstate farmers wanted to all apply some sort of fertilizer that would make their farming economically viable but the beta and the v1 versions of the chemical also killed some sort of visible wildlife.

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by cjohnson318 on Friday July 16, 2021 @11:11AM (#27857054)

> the beta and the v1 versions of the chemical also killed some sort of visible wildlife

It sounds like you're referring to herbicides and pesticides that kill bees and other pollinators. People have an obvious problem with pesticides that kill bees. It's not an acceptable level of collateral damage for dirt cheap corn and soybeans.

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by giantg2 on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:42AM (#27856718)

Ah, I see.

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