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Re:Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record... by vrganj on Sunday August 16, 2026 @05:00AM (#49318238)
> the people who built up stockpiles in advance need to be compensated for their foresight

Why? And it's not foresight that sets those people apart, it's having the resources to hoard the food and the ethical framework that allows them to profiteer off their fellow humans misfortune. Why should we reward that?

> Someone has to be stockpiling food.

Sure, like a government or a coop or a commune or whatever. Some institution who's interests are aligned with the community, not somebody who happens to have capital and wants to make a buck.

Re:Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record... by everforward on Monday August 17, 2026 @08:14AM (#49329621)
It cost them more than normal food to maintain the stockpile. I’m not for profiteering but maintaining a stockpile implies excess production that spoils rather than being sold.

It does seem fair to pay enough to cover that at least.