Re:How can England possibly be running out of water?
by andruby on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @08:06AM
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Just trying to learn more. What "Crazy EU stuff" are being farmed at the moment?
Re:How can England possibly be running out of water?
by dukeyukey on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @07:55AM
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Collectivised agriculture has gone badly enough often enough that I'm wouldn't risk trying it.
Re:How can England possibly be running out of water?
by juuular on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @10:53AM
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This seems to be working well and is resilient www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDnenjIdnnE
Re:How can England possibly be running out of water?
by Ericson2314 on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @05:15PM
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I don't think the Soviet and Chinese examples are very relevant, because dealing with a bunch of peasents is extraordinary different from dealing with an agricultural sector that is already industrialized.
Because the massive subsidies we already have the incentive problems too, so it's not like that would be a new can of worms either.
Re:How can England possibly be running out of water?
by AngryData on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @06:06PM
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Subsidies are certainly mismanaged in numerous ways but they are the only alternative to the granary system to maintain reliable and stable food production. We used the granary system for thousands of years across the world and while it kind of worked, it also resulted in numerous famines across every culture.
Corn ethanal? Gone. Crazy EU stuff? Gone.