Their cultivation requires unfeasibly large quantities of water
(which is becoming ever scarcer, especially in the regions of the world where avocados can grow). Farms that switch to growing avocados dry up the ground water from the surrounding area, shrinking staple crop yields; forcing down the supply; increasing demand; forcing up the cost of food; increasing poverty. Water scarcity predictably leads to disputes and conflicts, too.
tl;dr: they're an unsustainable cash crop that causes drought, poverty, famine and misery.
Which is a shame, because they are lovely.
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Wed 23 Nov 2022, 21:26,
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tl;dr: they're an unsustainable cash crop that causes drought, poverty, famine and misery.
Which is a shame, because they are lovely.
Avocados don't choose to be born as avocados,
and even if they did, the brainless are blameless.
It is a shame though. Monsanto really should engineer a less thirsty avocado. Maybe chuck some camel genes in there, see what happens. Or shark genes maybe, to make a seawater avocado.
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Wed 23 Nov 2022, 21:44,
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It is a shame though. Monsanto really should engineer a less thirsty avocado. Maybe chuck some camel genes in there, see what happens. Or shark genes maybe, to make a seawater avocado.
And these farmers and their families that you propose we starve into submitting to our first-world will, terrible people are they?
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Thu 24 Nov 2022, 1:49,
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Do you mean the ones growing avocados or the ones forced into poverty by the ones growing avocados?
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Thu 24 Nov 2022, 14:07,
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I don't know about you but I'm seeing a great idea for a reality show here
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Thu 24 Nov 2022, 16:00,
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that's some flat-earth, anti-vaxer-level, proselytising there, bucko
does this herald a new, entertaining version of brb on /links?
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Thu 24 Nov 2022, 5:33,
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Is it?
Could you quote me the part where I'm wrong, or spread false information, or proselytise?
I must be blind to it.
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Thu 24 Nov 2022, 14:06,
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I must be blind to it.
sure
"their cultivation requires unfeasibly large quantities of water (which is becoming ever scarcer, especially in the regions of the world where avocados can grow). farms that switch to growing avocados dry up the ground water from the surrounding area, shrinking staple crop yields; forcing down the supply; increasing demand; forcing up the cost of food; increasing poverty. water scarcity predictably leads to disputes and conflicts, too.
tl;dr: they're an unsustainable cash crop that causes drought, poverty, famine and misery.
which is a shame, because they are lovely."
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Thu 24 Nov 2022, 19:01,
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tl;dr: they're an unsustainable cash crop that causes drought, poverty, famine and misery.
which is a shame, because they are lovely."