Doom Almanac March 8 in doom history
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March 8: a fine day for making predictions
Nothing was due today, but on this date in 1996, somebody went on the record.
On this day in doom history
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199630th anniversarySaid on this day
Lester Brown, 1996: China Will Need 200 to 360 Million Tons of Grain Imports by 2030, and It Won't Be There
The Worldwatch Institute founder said falling water tables and lost cropland would open a gap the world could not fill, pushing grain prices up for poor importing countries.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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