Will the world have to become vegetarian by 2050? page

[Penady]

Here's the article:

Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists | Global development | The Guardian

I think it's kind of an example of "the sky is falling" mentality. Basically it says that the world is facing a water shortage, and "scientists" are recommending that people move to a veg diet (because of all the grain it takes to feed livestock that could go to feed starving people). It's clear that there's an agenda behind this story.

[Leida]

Uhm, the water shortages are going to be fixed by expanding the irrigation?

[MissJecka]

I think I found a great plot for my NaNoWriMo novel: A satire of a near-future dystopian society who buy into the idea that they can only eat vegetables... until, over time, the world gets over-populated with animals who rampage human society.

Perfect.

[kenn]

Here's the article:

Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists | Global development | The Guardian

I think it's kind of an example of "the sky is falling" mentality. Basically it says that the world is facing a water shortage, and "scientists" are recommending that people move to a veg diet (because of all the grain it takes to feed livestock that could go to feed starving people). It's clear that there's an agenda behind this story.

[Lewis]

Basically it says that the world is facing a water shortage, and "scientists" are recommending that people move to a veg diet (because of all the grain it takes to feed livestock that could go to feed starving people).

I'll believe you. To be frank I don't think I could stomach the Grauniad right now, so I'm not going for a look.

So the "scientists", or the Grauniad, or someone, has concluded that it would be helpful to plough up land that's really, really not suitable for arable farming -- it's been done to that which is really not suitable already -- and that there will be no consequences from doing that?

Anyone who believes that, I've got a bridge for sale ...

[magnolia1973]

I do think if we eliminated the middleman and just ate grain and veggies vs. feeding it to animals in factory conditions we could feed the planet more efficiently by eliminating the middleman.

[Blackcatbone]

Reducing the population would be a far better answer to problems with shortages.

[kenn]

Reducing the population would be a far better answer to problems with shortages.

how?

[Finnegans Wake]

Slowing the rate of population growth would be the biggest step; reducing 40% waste of food produced would be another.

Monoculture practices lead to long-term dropoffs in efficiencies, and polyculture farms that raise animals on pasture have the highest efficienies (and also are better for human, animal, and soil) - Google Joel Salatin's "We Can Feed the World." Also, Mother Earth News had a series on sustainable farming being able to feed the world that was very good.

Human ingenuity > human inefficiency and myopic greed.

[Blackcatbone]

get rid of the whites

Oh STFU.