- Location
- Exeter, Devon
Naive in the extreme, and still ultra processed food.A biodigester in every community.......
A food processor in every community...
Naive in the extreme, and still ultra processed food.A biodigester in every community.......
A food processor in every community...
His counter to this, is that we move much of the food across the world to feed livestock, when he's got rid of all the livestock farms, there will be no need for all the feed, we'll become self sufficient in grains and fruit and veg, protein will come from bacteria, to be more precise, hydrogen-oxygenating bacterium, brewed in a fermentation tank, microbes and hydrogen, he's quoting figures of being able to feed 200 million people from an area similar to Greater London.So how does ultra processed food fit into his thinking!
That’s the plot of the film idiocracy. Man kind reached peak intelligence in late 20th century, it’s downhill from here.Also, stupid people are more likely to out-breed non-stupid people, which is Darwinism but in reverse
Well whatever it is/they do ... they just pass the cost on to their customersAnd these water companies are doing what to solve the problem?
two ways to deal with dropping birth numbers, either accept it (and keep the country relatively homogenous), so little immigration (Japan's way) or accept a lot of immigrants (and allow the culture of the country to change - UK way). As to which is the better way, no idea, and by the time we know, it will be too late!It’s not as simple as that, because most of the reason it will hit [and peak] at 90 million is not because of excess new births but due to those already here now today getting old.
However, making populations relatively richer and less catholic but educating more women does indeed result in fewer children per woman of childbearing age.
The adjustment to a lower population in developed countries is going to be seriously troublesome though and countries like Japan are likely to see their gross domestic product and living standards decline very substantially. In the UK we can already see this, where migrant labour has left [which has a near identical effect on output] and there is a shortage of labour to actually fill job vacancies, thus limiting output and wealth creation.
Is there any footage of his time at the ORFC?Be interesting to see if he makes the same false claims about being booed and jeered like he did after the ORFC when nothing of the sort happened. He got some challenging questions and some people disagreed with him so he had a hissy fit and told porky lies!
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His counter to this, is that we move much of the food across the world to feed livestock, when he's got rid of all the livestock farms, there will be no need for all the feed, we'll become self sufficient in grains and fruit and veg, protein will come from bacteria, to be more precise, hydrogen-oxygenating bacterium, brewed in a fermentation tank, microbes and hydrogen, he's quoting figures of being able to feed 200 million people from an area similar to Greater London.
two ways to deal with dropping birth numbers, either accept it (and keep the country relatively homogenous), so little immigration (Japan's way) or accept a lot of immigrants (and allow the culture of the country to change - UK way). As to which is the better way, no idea, and by the time we know, it will be too late!
And the other half actually rather like a lamb chop, bacon and egg. How is he going to "make" me eat his slop?Does this technology exist and is it proven to function on such a scale? I personally can't see that the half of the Earth's population who have yet to eat a lamb chop, piece of bacon or a fried egg are going to be too hot on existing on this phood(TM) sludge he intends to serve up.
StopBest thing to do is not listen to the whinge and whine show.
that way listener numbers will drop to a level where the top brass decide he’s doing the BBC no good and sack him
they might even see sense and bring Mark and Lard back
he's quoting figures of being able to feed 200 million people from an area similar to Greater London.
Bit like Almeria in Spain then? No issues there at all….I'd like to know how he squares this against food security.
Going back to the dawn of recorded history wars have caused famines and we have seen in 2022 how a conflict in a relatively tiny part of the world has potentially catastrophic consequences for regional (and beyond?) food and energy security. A handful of precision strikes with long range guided missiles on power stations (e.g. Chernobyl) and major ports (e.g. Odessa/Mariupol) was dead easy for the Russians to carry out and more or less impossible to stop.
Putting the food supply for 200m people in an area the size of the M25 circle is a whole new level of madness.
Hes not concerned about anything other than selling books and making money, dont kid yourselfIt's important not to get carried away with the idea that the chap and others like him are raving lunatics.
He may not have a clear grasp of farming or food security but who actually does?
It's a very complex issue, feeding 9bn people without destroying the rest of the planet. He's more concerned about the ecosystem, rightly so, because if that goes we all go.
He is not a lunatic. Indeed he is very capable and intelligent. Except that he is also quite stupid and mercenary.It's important not to get carried away with the idea that the chap and others like him are raving lunatics.
He may not have a clear grasp of farming or food security but who actually does?
It's a very complex issue, feeding 9bn people without destroying the rest of the planet. He's more concerned about the ecosystem, rightly so, because if that goes we all go.
It's important not to get carried away with the idea that the chap and others like him are raving lunatics.
He may not have a clear grasp of farming or food security but who actually does?
It's a very complex issue, feeding 9bn people without destroying the rest of the planet. He's more concerned about the ecosystem, rightly so, because if that goes we all go.
I agree with what you say above, in general farming today is much more environmentally considerate than it ever has been, could it better, most definitely, science and technology has improved the way we farm and to a degree so has public opinion, as much as many don't like having the general public wondering about their farms, these are farmings customers, they are the ones we need to influence more and promote what we do everyday. At the moment the likes Monbiot have a larger voice.The thing is for all farming's faults we have done a better job than we ever have done thus far in terms of people being fed better (getting fat and obese is a choice for those not eating well). We can and will continue to improve where we can as well.
You talk about the ecosystem "going" but what do you mean?
As you know, farming is only a part of modern society that allows civilisation. Your doctor, computer nerd, bus driver, teacher or airline pilot can only do what they do because the farming part of civilisation grows enough for everyone.The thing is for all farming's faults we have done a better job than we ever have done thus far in terms of people being fed better (getting fat and obese is a choice for those not eating well). We can and will continue to improve where we can as well.
You talk about the ecosystem "going" but what do you mean?