RE: Climate catastrophe isn't so certain
May 13, 2012 at 12:40 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2012 at 12:47 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
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Arable land is not now and has never been evenly distributed. Were the lines to shift, this would merely shift the direction of who is fighting over what. You'd need to be able to predict an overall decrease in arable land (which, simply due to warming alone would be difficult, what with much of the land on this rock not suitable for agriculture because it is too cold/arid). It is also possible to transform barren land into arable land.
This scenario hinges upon us simply rolling over and/or deciding to shoot each other. Again, the climate doesn't need to help us with either of those. We could roll over and/or decide to shoot each other today for similar effect. It's not that I disagree with you on the likely turn of events if such a shift in production occurred, but I couldn't get passed how damned ignorant we'd have to be to figure that it was easier/cheaper to wage war than it was to terraform. Notice, btw, that the US is midrange in arable land and yet manages to be a titan of ag. It isn't so hard to get a plant to grow. It's certainly easier than waging war (and waging war depends on plants growing in the first place -soldiers march on their stomachs-).
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