On 22/04/2008, at 7:01 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jon louis mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:01 AM > Subject: Food Wars > >> Independent journalist and broadcaster Gwynne Dyer premiered a new >> idea >> in front of a two-thirds capacity crowd at the Humanities Theatre >> Wednesday. The talk, titled Climate Wars, predicted that the wars of >> the future would not be fought over oil or to punish rogue states, >> but >> that they would be fought over food. > > I can't see wars being fought over food. The problem will be cheap > energy. > With enough cheap energy you should be able to grow all the food you > want > hydroponically with desalinated or recycled water pumped to where > ever you > wish. There are already riots and a fair-bit of discontent over increasing food prices. The drought here in Australia has reduced the world-wide supply of rice, doubling prices in the last three month. There will be wars being fought over food and water...
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