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Worldwatch paper volume 136
Publisher
[Worldwatch Institute]
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Agriculture will experience radical new challenges in the next forty years. Peak oil, which is likely to occur before 2020, will result in potentially extensive liquid fuels shortages that are likely to impinge most immediately on the transportation sector. Rising transportation costs will likely cause corresponding increases in food prices, one response to which may be an increased reliance on local food production to satisfy local demand. In this...