Re:The Mining of Minerals and the Limits to Growth (2021) [pdf]
by scottLobster on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:34PM
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I'm not sure the potato famine is the best example, as a large part of the "famine" was due to British mismanagement/cruelty. The Brits kept exporting food from Ireland in spite of the famine, leaving the Irish to starve. Had they banned exports, like India is doing now for wheat, it likely would have been a historical footnote.
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Re:The Mining of Minerals and the Limits to Growth (2021) [pdf]
by daniel-cussen on Monday August 29, 2022 @06:16PM
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They also insisted nobody gift food to the Irish in excess of what the queen of England was giving them. Censored I think...Ottoman Empire's gifts this way. They had to maroon ships full of grain by accident, and tons of people sent food, like even Kenyans and Native Americans.
Ireland still hasn't repopulated. Still half its 19th century peak population roughly.