We have the abbility and technology to be self sufficinet in our society but we are not, do people think this is a dodgy situation for the future?
We could provide all our own energy, food and products for everyday life, but the government and ourselves are reliant on other countrys for food and energy. Is this a danger to our survival and futures.
2006-09-05 23:36:48 · 9 answers · asked by Jabba_da_hut_07 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
i think if we can produce ti we shouldnt take it from other countrys
2006-09-06 05:23:16 · answer #1 · answered by prevails 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The Irish tried just that after the second world war, and look where that got them, until they joined the EU. Even if Britain is much bigger, the problems would still be the same. And imagine all the smuggling that would ensue, because people unavoidably would want somethin that was not available at home. Starting with bananas...
2006-09-05 23:59:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely, for this to ensue, Britain could might desire to take a step into the previous, i.e. back into the medieval era. Then, Britain could be on the mercy of nature - a famine could have the potential to kill 1000's. the rationalization medieval England escaped the worst of the ecu famines in comparison to different worldwide places is with the aid of the fact it relied extra heavily on commerce, allowing it to import in circumstances of disaster. we would additionally loose out on rather some what we take with none attention, think of roughly it; not extra curries (as rice does not boost nicely in our climate and rather a number of the spices are imported), bananas, oranges, etc. it could be an analogous concern to WWII rationing. Economically, i think of self-sufficiency could be disastrous; without replace of things, the financial equipment could directly stagnate, foremost to financial turmoil (inflation, unemployment, etc).
2016-11-25 00:10:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have not got sufficient land resources to supply the variety of food required by a population the size of ours. So, no, impossible.
2006-09-06 04:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no way any modern country can achieve self sufficiency. Perhaps, you could find tribes in Papua New Guinea doing it; but I don't think that's what you have in mind.
2006-09-06 05:16:05 · answer #5 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a perfect world it would be but we do not have and probably never have had in our civilsed society the resources for that to happen. We were and to a degree still are good merchants but could be better.
2006-09-05 23:43:50 · answer #6 · answered by philipscottbrooks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England shud b self sufficient... give northern ireland back to the irish
2006-09-05 23:40:22 · answer #7 · answered by Irish Bob 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We live on a very small, self-contained planet. NOBODY is self-sufficent. You'd be surprised how fast you would run out of many of your favorite things. Food being one of them.
2006-09-06 04:00:30 · answer #8 · answered by Spirit Walker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every country is dependent on some other country. Some countries do not have resources that other's do.
2006-09-05 23:40:32 · answer #9 · answered by John R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋