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Environment & Energy

NickB79

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19. Canada and Alaska lack proper soil to grow sufficient crops

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #16)

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 09:34 PM

Sep 2017

They are composed primarily of thin, rocky, nutrient-poor land, and a longer growing season doesn't change that. They will not become the new Bread Basket of the world.

The fact of the matter is, we won't be able to feed more than a fraction of our population once climate change really takes off in a couple decades. We will be culled.

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Sorry Human Race, It may be too late to save yourself. --Neil deGrass Tyson [View all] Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 OP

I wouldn't be as upset with the CC deniers if it were done out of sheer stupidity dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #1

Yeah, but some people are ideologically driven to deny climate change. StevieM Sep 2017 #17

The most troubling thing is that so many people insist is is a "matter of opinion" when it is simply world wide wally Sep 2017 #2

Agree...idiots. iluvtennis Sep 2017 #3

New campaign: cynical_idealist Sep 2017 #12

Lies are not opinions but lies can warp opinion. hedda_foil Sep 2017 #18

There are the stupid, there are those in denial, defacto7 Sep 2017 #4

"others in power who have been planning a population culling.." Duppers Sep 2017 #5

Who says the multi-billionaires haven't? We're not talking about lowly Deplorables here. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #7

Not fast enough, and religious dogma. defacto7 Sep 2017 #8

Because you have more control over women when you control their reproductive cycle. CrispyQ Sep 2017 #10

I agree More_Cowbell Sep 2017 #6

Agreed defacto7 Sep 2017 #9

I think it too late to stop climate change and we need to prepare to adapt. Kaleva Sep 2017 #11

We can't adapt to lethal heat. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #13

Climate change will not be uniform. Kaleva Sep 2017 #14

True, but certain areas of the planet WILL become uninhabitable. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #15

Canada and Alaska are vast Kaleva Sep 2017 #16

Canada and Alaska lack proper soil to grow sufficient crops NickB79 Sep 2017 #19

Food may change such as going the bug route. Kaleva Sep 2017 #20

Who's talking about eating beef? NickB79 Sep 2017 #21

About a 1/3 of the world's food produced today ends up going to waste. Kaleva Sep 2017 #22