"Pete C." > wrote in message
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>
> sf wrote:
>>
>> Higher prices in the grocery store and more imports.
>
> I expect that's what will happen, at least initially.
>
> What really needs to happen is a large scale shift to aquaponic farming
> which uses 75% less water than old-school dirt farming, is typically
> "organic" and also is not dependent on an area with "good" soil, needing
> only a modest water supply and a good sun supply.
>
> The problem of course is that farms are currently heavily invested in
> both expensive "dirt" farm land and also expensive "dirt" farm
> machinery, so it will be quite expensive to transition. Of course the
> fact that they can sell the current farmland for other development and
> start new farms in areas that are less desirable for development might
> help cover some of the costs of transitioning.


When global war arrives again, and it will, it will be over water rights.



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