If the winters keep getting colder, and the summers hotter where you live, that still maintains a ballance. The world is 4.5 billion years old and fluctuations are normal. "Normal" is nothing more than the average of extremes.
The human race has been resilient because of nomadic lifestyles for millenia, but the odds of 7 billion people moving to more productive climates is slim...and the fact remains that where I live is some of the most productive farmland in the world. It feeds hundreds of millions, if not billions of people. We have cornfields the size of small countries.
Things change, and the human race will get past it, as we have through history. I guess I agree, but it doesn't make it any less disturbing.
True, 7 billion won't migrate. And that 7 billion can't, this planet isn't meant to sustain those numbers. However rising water will displace people regardless of what the weather is doing.
And don't fool yourself into thinking that all that corn is feeding people. Much of it isn't intended for human consumption.
Despite wasting much of it on ethanol production, look through your cupboards...read the ingredients. I was actually surprised to learn that considerably more corn goes to food than I ever imagined. Much of it feeds livestock too.
Soybeans are the other crops dying in the fields in this area too...they're just slightly more drought resistant.
Nothing in my cupboard has corn on the label. I'm allergic to corn and my food options are very limited. It means I don't eat processed foods. But sometimes I want a fucking potato chip! And they also use it as a non caking agent for many medications. I have even seen it on toothpaste labels. And soy is just as bad.
And for cattle not being meant to eat corn...it sure does well for them. It's in dog food too...and dogs are almost strictly carnivorous. I've had more than a few dogs live 15+ years on corn based dog food. It's not a native food to humans either for that matter...but the biggest mistake Native Americans made was showing European settlers how to grow it. It kept them from starving. I's about as complete of a nutrition source as one can get.
I've now devolved into a spokesman for corn. My God hahahaha
Is it normal that the Midwest is turning into a desert?
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If the winters keep getting colder, and the summers hotter where you live, that still maintains a ballance. The world is 4.5 billion years old and fluctuations are normal. "Normal" is nothing more than the average of extremes.
The human race has been resilient because of nomadic lifestyles for millenia, but the odds of 7 billion people moving to more productive climates is slim...and the fact remains that where I live is some of the most productive farmland in the world. It feeds hundreds of millions, if not billions of people. We have cornfields the size of small countries.
Things change, and the human race will get past it, as we have through history. I guess I agree, but it doesn't make it any less disturbing.
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True, 7 billion won't migrate. And that 7 billion can't, this planet isn't meant to sustain those numbers. However rising water will displace people regardless of what the weather is doing.
And don't fool yourself into thinking that all that corn is feeding people. Much of it isn't intended for human consumption.
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Despite wasting much of it on ethanol production, look through your cupboards...read the ingredients. I was actually surprised to learn that considerably more corn goes to food than I ever imagined. Much of it feeds livestock too.
Soybeans are the other crops dying in the fields in this area too...they're just slightly more drought resistant.
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Nothing in my cupboard has corn on the label. I'm allergic to corn and my food options are very limited. It means I don't eat processed foods. But sometimes I want a fucking potato chip! And they also use it as a non caking agent for many medications. I have even seen it on toothpaste labels. And soy is just as bad.
Also, cows aren't meant to eat corn.
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That would suck.
And for cattle not being meant to eat corn...it sure does well for them. It's in dog food too...and dogs are almost strictly carnivorous. I've had more than a few dogs live 15+ years on corn based dog food. It's not a native food to humans either for that matter...but the biggest mistake Native Americans made was showing European settlers how to grow it. It kept them from starving. I's about as complete of a nutrition source as one can get.
I've now devolved into a spokesman for corn. My God hahahaha