SubArcticTundra ( SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 26 days agoWhat's something that 15 years ago looked like it would be a problem in the future, but didn't turn out to be?message-squaremessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up157
arrow-up157message-squareWhat's something that 15 years ago looked like it would be a problem in the future, but didn't turn out to be?SubArcticTundra ( SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 26 days agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squareCurlyWurlies4All ( CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·25 days agoThis is going back a bit longer than 15 years but the myth of the Population Bomb was pretty fucking wrong. It predicted the mass starvation of hundreds of millions of people due yo food production not keeping up with population growth in the 1970s.
minus-squarezod000 ( zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up7·24 days agoThat was avoided by “the green revolution” i.e. new ways of producing fertilizers. It just kicked the can down the road and made everything worse honestly.
This is going back a bit longer than 15 years but the myth of the Population Bomb was pretty fucking wrong.
It predicted the mass starvation of hundreds of millions of people due yo food production not keeping up with population growth in the 1970s.
That was avoided by “the green revolution” i.e. new ways of producing fertilizers. It just kicked the can down the road and made everything worse honestly.