2007-10-08 05:47:42 · 10 answers · asked by greatehusy 1 in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
lazy
2007-10-08 05:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by cjtk52905 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the 17th Century, laws were passed that forced people off the land to live and work in towns and cities, so that the industrial age could take hold. Up until then, people did grow their own foods.
Even up to the late 19th century, while it was still not possible to refrigerate or store foods for long periods, nobody lived more than 20 miles from a farm.
The industrialization of the less developed nations is forcing these countries to abandon local farming and forcing them to be more like the West, which is precisely what the West is now suffering from.
This is a very complex question and one that we still need to address in much more detail. Those who say it is not realistic need to decide what is realistic and sustainable.
2007-10-08 08:28:30 · answer #2 · answered by typoifd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you suggest is rather tedious. That is, it takes time. Productivity would take a hit. Loss of productivity would create contraction within our economic markets. This would create contraction of lifestyles not to mention the inability to continue to feed the world. Worldwide poverty would escalate creating more Mogadishu's and Darfur's. Intervention would become necessary, using resources that have become scarce. This would drive up infrastructure as well as energy costs. More people die in the summer and winter, etc. etc.
Hopefully this will help you understand just how great the United States is. How the opportunities we enjoy are necessary for us to be as productive as we are. The most productive nation ever to grace the face of the earth.
2007-10-08 06:28:37 · answer #3 · answered by james 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because some people are growing other stuff in their
houses and the light bill is high enough and the light bill isn't
the only thing that's high and the Sheriff has been around
asking questions !
2007-10-08 06:25:49 · answer #4 · answered by ytellu 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people like me kill everything they touch. I tried to grow an aloe vera plant one time and I even killed that. I am thinking about trying an herb garden, since my grocery store is always out of fresh herbs.
2007-10-08 06:34:47 · answer #5 · answered by Porkchop Jones 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should they? We have an economy set up so that the farmers get the profit from our lack of green thumbs. That way people can become doctors, politicians, nannies, authors, etc.
2007-10-08 05:55:36 · answer #6 · answered by Jamie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
do you have several hundred feet of land and several hours a day every day to devote to this?
It's called subsistence farming and it's what plauges.....literaly.....the third world.......
2007-10-08 09:56:35 · answer #7 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evidently you don't do this yourself otherwise you'd realise how unrealistic this is.
2007-10-08 05:55:11 · answer #8 · answered by CountTheDays 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps they believe they wont be that good at it.
2007-10-08 08:39:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
laziness.
2007-10-08 10:08:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋