[news] Will the End of Oil Be the End Of Food?

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

By Jason Mark, AlterNet. Posted August 31, 2006.

For farmers [...], today's challenges may be tomorrow's crises. The problems of coping with high oil prices reveal how utterly dependent our food production system is on nonrenewable fuels. As long as oil is plentiful, that dependence isn't a concern. But in some circles fears are growing that if global petroleum production begins a steady decline, our entire food system will be strained, 

  


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