alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoU.N. chief calls for an end to $7 trillion in fossil fuel subsidieswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1836arrow-down13cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1833arrow-down1external-linkU.N. chief calls for an end to $7 trillion in fossil fuel subsidieswww.cnbc.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoWe all have an interest in overproducing crops. If, say, Florida becomes an aquarium, or there’s a disease that wipes out a lot of a particular monoculture, we don’t want a ridiculous spike in food prices (or worse).
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoSo start subsidizing diversity in cultures? Better for ecology too.
We all have an interest in overproducing crops. If, say, Florida becomes an aquarium, or there’s a disease that wipes out a lot of a particular monoculture, we don’t want a ridiculous spike in food prices (or worse).
So start subsidizing diversity in cultures? Better for ecology too.