Going back to Rome, the 'Bread-basket' was the former Carthaginian Empire in modern Libya and Tunisia.
The crops were grown using a sophisticated irrigation system, but depletion of the aquifer doomed the farms and led to the expansion of the desert.
The same process is happening in the US where the Mid-West Ogallala aquifer could be depleted in as little as 50 years leaving the great plains as parched as Arizona.
Aquifer Depletion
To quote Sitting Bull;
Money: a commodity of infinite exchange with no intrinsic value.
People have enough difficulty managing their finances when it has a physical format, I expect the transition to a fully electronic format to be accompanied by a massive rise in debt.
The crops were grown using a sophisticated irrigation system, but depletion of the aquifer doomed the farms and led to the expansion of the desert.
The same process is happening in the US where the Mid-West Ogallala aquifer could be depleted in as little as 50 years leaving the great plains as parched as Arizona.
Aquifer Depletion
To quote Sitting Bull;
Quote: Only when the last blade of grass is eaten and the last drop of water is drunk, will the white man learn; you can not eat goldRemarkably prescient, especially with the current drive towards cashless societies.
Money: a commodity of infinite exchange with no intrinsic value.
People have enough difficulty managing their finances when it has a physical format, I expect the transition to a fully electronic format to be accompanied by a massive rise in debt.
Quote:I don't understand why you'd come to a discussion forum, and then proceed to reap from visibility any voice that disagrees with you. If you're going to do that, why not just sit in front of a mirror and pat yourself on the back continuously?-Esquilax
Evolution - Adapt or be eaten.
