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NickB79

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16. The honest answer is, we won' t be feeding everyone

Reply to amandabeech (Reply #13)

Thu Nov 22, 2012, 10:37 PM

Nov 2012

The planet is over carrying capacity be several billion; by the end of this century we'll be lucky to have two billion humans left on this world. Starvation, disease and war will balance the equation we refused to do voluntarily.

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US drought worsens after weeks of improvement [View all] Zorro Nov 2012 OP

This is God's retribution for evdebbs Nov 2012 #1

Not to worry. People will always be a solid source of calories in times of drought NoOneMan Nov 2012 #2

LOL had to read that 3 times. Ash_F Nov 2012 #5

Grow food, not lawns! Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #3

Exactly! onestepforward Nov 2012 #6

That is in fact the correct idea. dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #7

Thank you very much for this! Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #14

and not a peep about global warming PaulaFarrell Nov 2012 #4

Willfully Ignorant = Republican Berlum Nov 2012 #9

Hey, this drought dotymed Nov 2012 #11

Indeed. The melting Arctic really boned us NickB79 Nov 2012 #15

The Dust Bowl - Part Deux Berlum Nov 2012 #8

And yet the lady next door continues to water, sometimes all night. callous taoboy Nov 2012 #10

The Red Drought States don't believe in global warming and maybe I don't believe that byeya Nov 2012 #12

It seems that many of the Global Warming predictions are coming true. amandabeech Nov 2012 #13

The honest answer is, we won' t be feeding everyone NickB79 Nov 2012 #16

A while back, I frequnted a handful of Yahoo groups amandabeech Nov 2012 #17