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[alxian]

i forgot something

bioengineering and food for the masses will eventually lead to revolts..

when people realize there isn't enough food to go around in more well-to-do countries (a few decades hence given adequate population growth in china and the americas).. solutions such as growth hormone therapy on our livestock and mass producing them will become an issue. the greens will not appreciate such measures. (this same issue will occur for power generation but i have faith congress will buckle to pro nuclear sentiment before long and offer adequate incentives to build generation 4 reactors where they are needed and generation 3 reactors where they can be built). think about chickens and pigs, but replace them with cattle in cages with abattoirs attached at the end of the building. calfs at one side and adult cattle engineered to grow rapidly and to be more meat than fat..

other solutions like mainland fisheries (pools of salmon), and engineered crops, similarly modified for rapid growth could cover the american west.. but the problem remains for such stocks how do you feed the stock? raw minerals and water need to be mined to keep the feed potent otherwise your livestock will be sickly and no good to anyone.

so.. yeah a cause for any upcomming surprise armageddon is unlikely to be political, but one we can plan for (against) is world hunger. world war three will be fought with spoons and forks?