To emphasise those wise words of one great statesman: heed another, Winston Churchill who also said, during the war when German U boats were threatening to starve us into submission, ‘We must never, ever, let ourselves be in this position again!’Eisenhower said this 1956,
“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the cornfield”.
(2022 substitute pencil with computer keyboard!!!!!)
As so many politicians and the rest of us have never known food , water and energy to be really short ,my theory is that until it is really short , politicians and the general publics attitudes will not change. They will only change when it’s too late and the sh!t hits the fanTo emphasise those wise words of one great statesman: heed another, Winston Churchill who also said, during the war when German U boats were threatening to starve us into submission, ‘We must never, ever, let ourselves be in this position again!’
But none of today’s politicians can remember the days of food rationing: thus they have no respect for the importance of our agricultural industry, because they have never known food shortage.
To them, and to modern society, food always has been and always will be cheap and plentiful, and if our farmers can’t produce it cheaply enough we can easily just import it..........
Apart from it would seem the Chinese who have a historical track record for long term planning.History is doomed to repeat itself. People have memories but they die and new people don’t inherit their memories. And so we go on. Nothing is new under the sun.
Well quite. They appear to be the only nation whose leaders have an actual brain in terms of long-term planning.Apart from it would seem the Chinese who have a historical track record for long term planning.
Maybe even they will struggle with their populations new standards of living and expectations.
I agree.History is doomed to repeat itself. People have memories but they die and new people don’t inherit their memories. And so we go on. Nothing is new under the sun.
Probably because Chinese leaders are not too worried about the result of the next election, or popular opinion either home or abroad.Well quite. They appear to be the only nation whose leaders have an actual brain in terms of long-term planning.
it is if we donnot supply they will find it from somewhere else or steal itfood security not our concern , our profits is, less supply ,hopefully will be paid at a price we all can continue farming and make a profit like every other business.