Ted Turner: Global warming could lead to cannibalism
Failure to address global warming will have us all dead or eating each other by mid-century.
So says Ted Turner, the restaurateur, environmentalist and former media mogul whose controversial comments have earned him the nickname "Mouth of the South."
If steps aren't taken to stem global warming, "We'll be eight degrees hotter in 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow," Turner said during a wide-ranging, hour-long interview with PBS's Charlie Rose that aired Tuesday.
"Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals," said Turner, 69.
"Civilization will have broken down. The few people left will be living in a failed state — like Somalia or Sudan — and living conditions will be intolerable.
"One way to combat global warming, Turner said, is to stabilize the population. Read More
The idea that the world is overpopulated is an old one. Several decades ago there were some that said this very thing and yet the population of the earth is much larger than even fifty years ago and we are still here. The fallacy in this argument is a variable, which most don’t consider when making these statements, called the human brain. We continue to develop new technology that supports more and more human life, and agriculture has always been at the forefront. We continue to produce more food, more efficiently and that is just one of the great stories that ag can be proud of.
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