... the global food system is the single largest emitter of greenhouse gases, the biggest driver of biodiversity loss, and the main cause of deadly algae blooms along coasts and inland waterways.
Agriculture -- which has transformed nearly half the planet's land surface -- also uses up about 70 percent of the global fresh water supply.
"To have any chance of feeding 10 billion people in 2050 within planetary boundaries" -- the limits on Earth's capacity to absorb human activity -- "we must adopt a healthy diet, slash food waste, and invest in technologies that reduce environmental impacts," said co-author Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Change Impact Research.
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https://news.yahoo.com/human-diet-causing-catastrophic-damage-planet-study-005106550.html
Yesterday I watched again The Day the Earth Stood Still (the version with Keanu Reeves). The concept that every civilization has to change "at the tipping point" to survive is a key aspect of the story. But it should be clear to everyone such change can only occur and be sustained under a draconian totalitarian system of world government.
And that, I fear, is our basic choice - give up ALL "freedom", or die. Which do you prefer?
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