Why is the world producing so much food?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the relationship between climate change and global food production, questioning whether climate change affects food supply and exploring the implications of food distribution and availability. Participants express various viewpoints on the state of food production and the narratives presented by the media.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants assert that global food production continues to grow despite climate change, questioning the impact of climate change on food supply.
  • Others challenge the definition of "healthy rate" of food production, highlighting the existence of starvation and suggesting that distribution issues may contribute to food scarcity.
  • A participant argues that starvation is politically caused rather than a result of insufficient food production.
  • Concerns are raised about media narratives that claim climate change negatively impacts food supply, with some participants suggesting that such claims are exaggerated or misleading.
  • There is a discussion about the potential for healthy growth in food production to coexist with the effects of climate change, raising questions about the consistency and universality of these effects.
  • One participant emphasizes the need for specific claims from the media to address the discussion accurately.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express multiple competing views regarding the impact of climate change on food production and the causes of starvation, indicating that the discussion remains unresolved.

Contextual Notes

Limitations include varying definitions of food production rates, the complexity of climate change effects, and the lack of sourced claims in the discussion.

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According to 'climate change theory' fod supplies are being hit by the change in climate however year on year the world food production continues to grow at a healthy rate.


Does anyone here believe climate change has or will effect food production?

If so can you produce some evidence to back up your claims?
 
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AtomicJoe said:
According to 'climate change theory' fod supplies are being hit by the change in climate however year on year the world food production continues to grow at a healthy rate.
How do you define healthy rate? Enough to feed the planet?

There are millions of people starving. Some of this might be distribution but some of it is a lack of food available.
 
DaveC426913 said:
How do you define healthy rate? Enough to feed the planet?

There are millions of people starving. Some of this might be distribution but some of it is a lack of food available.

Well I mean more food than we used to.

There is not food per capita than ever yet some are making out there is a shortage.

Also why are prices so how when we have more food per capita than ever in mans history?
 
There's more than enough food produced to feed the planet. All starvation on a large scale in the modern age is politically caused.
 
but how can the press (newspaper TV news etc) get away with the lie that climate change is effecting the world food supply when all the evidence says otherwise?
They pick one drought or bit of bad weather and make out that it is cause by global warming when in reality droughts and bad weather are a normal part of our climate.
They are even recorded in the Old Testament! I guess the donkeys and asses were producing too much CO2.
I mean I hear this stuff from the so called experts.

(PS I can produce plenty of evidence to show a health growth in the food supply despite 'climate change'.
 
Antiphon said:
There's more than enough food produced to feed the planet. All starvation on a large scale in the modern age is politically caused.
So what is happening to all this food that is not being eaten? Is it just rotting?



AtomicJoe said:
but how can the press (newspaper TV news etc) get away with the lie that climate change is effecting the world food supply when all the evidence says otherwise?
They pick one drought or bit of bad weather and make out that it is cause by global warming when in reality droughts and bad weather are a normal part of our climate.
They are even recorded in the Old Testament! I guess the donkeys and asses were producing too much CO2.
I mean I hear this stuff from the so called experts.

(PS I can produce plenty of evidence to show a health growth in the food supply despite 'climate change'.
But have you made your case? For example, who says that the two claims are mutally exclusive?
Perhaps there is healthy growth, yet climate change is dramatically affecting the production of food.

Does 'healthy growth' mean all the time, everywhere, feeding everyone? Does the affect on climate mean all the itme everyhere affecting everyone?

You can't boldly claim they're lying until you address exactly what they're claiming. What exactly are they claiming? You can't expect any answers from us until you quote the claim instead of a vague generalization by "the media" without context or specifics.
 
Climate change discussion - particularly unsourced discussion - is not allowed here.
 

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