Will Sargent reviewed Full Planet, Empty Plates by Lester R. Brown
Review of 'Full Planet, Empty Plates' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
This is a very short read, but a dense one. It's filled with facts, figures and arguments on food prices, crop yields, water table and aquifer usage, and population density.
And the implication of climate change and population growth is that unsustainable growth... isn't. The population dynamics that assume 9 billion by 2050 are inaccurate, because there's just not enough food for that many people, and the crop yields are going down, not up.
It doesn't say anything that "Plan B" or "Hot" hasn't said in excruciating detail, but that's the point -- this is a book to give to people who haven't thought about the implications of climate change. It's not a personal conversation, it doesn't get emotional or hysteric, and it is meticulously researched. If you want to wake someone up to the problem, this brings people up to speed admirably.
("Look, we're going to be 65 …
This is a very short read, but a dense one. It's filled with facts, figures and arguments on food prices, crop yields, water table and aquifer usage, and population density.
And the implication of climate change and population growth is that unsustainable growth... isn't. The population dynamics that assume 9 billion by 2050 are inaccurate, because there's just not enough food for that many people, and the crop yields are going down, not up.
It doesn't say anything that "Plan B" or "Hot" hasn't said in excruciating detail, but that's the point -- this is a book to give to people who haven't thought about the implications of climate change. It's not a personal conversation, it doesn't get emotional or hysteric, and it is meticulously researched. If you want to wake someone up to the problem, this brings people up to speed admirably.
("Look, we're going to be 65 years old in 2050. At that point, there's going to be food riots, water riots, mass starvation, and no oil, because there' s only so much soil, water, and oil, and we can't make more. What did you think non-renewable resources meant? Oh, and large parts of the world are either desert or underwater. Have a nice day.")