Julian Cribb
Autore di The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It
Sull'Autore
Julian Cribb is an award-winning journalist and science writer and the author of The White Death.
Opere di Julian Cribb
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- male
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- Opere
- 9
- Utenti
- 114
- Popolarità
- #171,985
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 21
Yes, Cribb raises some clear warning signs but hard to know whether to side with the optimists or the pessimists. The reality is that neither side is relying on facts...it's all about "gut feel". ....or faith!.
But, under these circumstances where, if the optimists are right...then it can be business as usual but if they are wrong then things can rapidly become catastrophic. So should we play safe and give some credence to the doomsday people and put some serious effort into remediating the situation. First and foremost we need to deal with the population issue. Elsewhere I've read, that the greatest thing that can be done to slow down runaway population growth is to keep girls at school for a few more years; they get educated, and it postpones pregnancies. Sounds sensible but, of course, it's being opposed by various religious based fundamentalist groups. However, we should not underestimate the resourcefulness of the women of the world in bring about change.
And, of course, we should be continuing to invest in agricultural research which has been in decline for years now...in relative terms.
Overall, I enjoyed the book whilst at the same time I found myself questioning Cribb's line of reasoning. Four stars from me.… (altro)