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NickB79

(19,325 posts) Thu Aug 24, 2023, 08:32 PM Aug 2023

India To Ban Sugar Exports In Addition To Rice As Corn, Soybeans And More Crops Falter In HEAT

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/08/23/india-to-ban-sugar-exports-in-addition-to-rice-as-corn-soybeans-and-more-crops-falter-in-extreme-heat-and-drought/amp/

India is set to ban exports of sugar for the first time in seven years following a low-yield cane crop hurt by a lack of rain, Reuters reported Wednesday, adding to a list of crops that includes corn, sorghum and soybeans suffering amid the Earth's hottest summer on record.

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India To Ban Sugar Exports In Addition To Rice As Corn, Soybeans And More Crops Falter In HEAT (Original Post) NickB79 Aug 2023 OP

Hmmmm.... Think. Again. Aug 2023 #1

I am pretty sure 2naSalit Aug 2023 #2

Think. Again.

(9,310 posts)

1. Hmmmm....

Reply to NickB79 (Original post)

Thu Aug 24, 2023, 08:37 PM

Aug 2023

...maybe we should start doing something about stopping fossil fuels IF WE WANT TO KEEP EATING.

2naSalit

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2. I am pretty sure

Reply to NickB79 (Original post)

Thu Aug 24, 2023, 09:26 PM

Aug 2023

That there will be a famine within 18 months, widespread famine. The entirety of the food producing latitudes of the planet are either flooding, burning or getting torn up by weather or earthquakes/volcanoes and war.

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