- 22 Jan 2017 15:27
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Take a close Google look at that desert. You will find it permeated with irrigated farms.
The scenario you describe requires the US against a unified Earth. This will never happen. The US becoming isolationist will not unify the rest of the world, it will shatter allegiances. Few countries would risk angering the US in this situation. Look how they want to curry favor with Trump after denouncing him.
Half the US is desert and can not depend on traditional farms,
Take a close Google look at that desert. You will find it permeated with irrigated farms.
The scenario you describe requires the US against a unified Earth. This will never happen. The US becoming isolationist will not unify the rest of the world, it will shatter allegiances. Few countries would risk angering the US in this situation. Look how they want to curry favor with Trump after denouncing him.
I dream of the United Citystates of Earth, where each Citystate has a standardized border such as one whole degree of Latitude by one whole degree of Longitude.