Comments on: Scientist Smackdown: No Link Between Climate Change and War in Africa? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/09/07/scientist-smackdown-no-link-between-climate-change-and-war-in-africa/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jan U. Hubbard http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/09/07/scientist-smackdown-no-link-between-climate-change-and-war-in-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-938959 Jan U. Hubbard Sat, 21 May 2011 21:03:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=19758#comment-938959 I’d must check with you here. Which isn't something I usually do! I get pleasure from reading a post that may make individuals think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment! I’d must check with you here. Which isn’t something I usually do! I get pleasure from reading a post that may make individuals think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!

]]> By: Jay Fox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/09/07/scientist-smackdown-no-link-between-climate-change-and-war-in-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-278729 Jay Fox Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:00:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=19758#comment-278729 As Africa as a whole is not a major exporter of food products, it seems folly to gauge climate change effects there and compare them to hostile activities. There was not enough food to go around before the effects of climate change became apparent. The real effects of climate change, and the political implications, will become evident only when the climate shift impacts major producers of export crops. At that point, grain will become the new oil, with people fighting over what arable land remains, and whatever that land can produce. Food Fight coming . . . As Africa as a whole is not a major exporter of food products, it seems folly to gauge climate change effects there and compare them to hostile activities. There was not enough food to go around before the effects of climate change became apparent.

The real effects of climate change, and the political implications, will become evident only when the climate shift impacts major producers of export crops. At that point, grain will become the new oil, with people fighting over what arable land remains, and whatever that land can produce. Food Fight coming . . .

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