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Hmm. Actually, my main prediction for the future that I am really very confident about is that average global nutrition will be much better. - This is because several of the most economic climate change mitigation strategies involve increasing planetary biomass and agri/aqua cultural yields as a way of getting carbon sequestration to pay its own way. Biochar, ocean iron fertilization, and the ever increasing spread of highyield/low soil degredation (I dont mean organic farming, per se, but highly computerized and automated "conventional" farming that doses fertilizer and pesticides accurately enough that neither ends up in runoff or groundwater)  agricultural and biotechnological advances likely mean that the one thing the future is not going to be short of under any circumstances is calories or protein. The protein will probably be more shrimp and mussles (because when you are creating artificial foodchains in the highsea areas that are currently micronutrient restricted, extracting the calories at the lowest possible foodchain step makes the most economic sense) than pork and beef, but both of those are key ingredients in some seriously tasty cusine.  
by Thomas on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 04:12:00 PM EST
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Have you ever studied or researched what goes on in a fish farm?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 06:56:35 PM EST
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Yes, and that is not the kind of aquaculture I have in mind. Instead, you pick a large area in the high seas, and trigger a permanent algaebloom by seeding micronutrients (Iron, mostly), then either you have floating clambeds or a stock of shrimp to eat the algae. Fishfarming as done near shore involve feeding the fish directly - the idea here is to manage a (short) foodchain from photosynthesis to supermarket counter.
by Thomas on Sat Jan 28th, 2012 at 02:54:18 AM EST
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I really like your future. I just don't think we are headed there. We have had a conceptual grasp on our main problems since the seventies. They are solvable. Yet we didn't do so then and we don't now.

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by generic on Sat Jan 28th, 2012 at 07:51:11 AM EST
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