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  1. Iconoclast

    Conservatism and the Environment

    Technically, you're right; the effects of desertification are more profound in the equatorial regions, where a lot of the poorer countries are. I could see a coming food security crisis in a lot of these hotter, drier equatorial areas in the near future, leading to a mass exodus of people and...
  2. Iconoclast

    Conservatism and the Environment

    I think food security is almost a bigger concern at this point than sea level rise. What about soil loss? Every year, it's about 12 million hectares turned into desert out of about 1.4 billion total hectares of arable land. That's the whole area of North Korea, but spread out across the globe...
  3. Iconoclast

    Conservatism and the Environment

    I'm a leftie, but I'm happy to see that there is conservative interest in protecting the present ecosystem. I mean, one would think that conservatism and conservation of natural resources would go hand in hand, right? The biggest problem with protecting the ecosystem is that it is a very...
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