Australia faces famine, expert warns

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/24/2723137.htm


A food production expert says Australia may face a massive famine if governments fail to address an impending global food shortage.

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"Governments have had it so good for so long - the world has had plenty of food - they have become complacent and ignorant.

"Climate change is going to get worse and worse, but the food problems are going to be in the next two to three decades.

"I'm warning now because it takes about a generation to develop new technologies and get them out broadscale. We need to take action now about these things."

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"Apart from the obvious things going on in the world food markets, there's a colossal shortage of water emerging because cities worldwide are pinching the farmers' water," he said.

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"We're running into energy shortages, we're running into shortages of fertilisers, and on top of that you've got climate change. All of these things are making the agricultural environment much less certain."
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food and water shortage is happening now. we (we meaning the world not just Australia) don't have 2 or more decades to get started on a solution.

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[aquart]

1. tock

[Sinti]

2. You mother (Earth) is trying to reach you here - IMO, we should probably listen. n/t

[Le Taz Hot]

3. Well, they pulled the water from the Central San Joaquin Valley

(CA) where we grow a good portion of the nation's food supply. Consequently, there is a 50% unemployment rate in the rural areas and farms are being foreclosed on and being taken over by corporate farms. And DUers cheered because it was "good for the environment." For some reason the concept of when you starve the farmers you starve yourself can't quite penetrate their cerebral cortex. But cheer up, I understand that the Delta Smelt (the reason our water was taken away) is about to have a comeback. Maybe you can eat them. Ooops! Nope! Protected!

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. Australia?

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5. Si

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