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The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au)

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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[–] PlushySD@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, being right doesn't mean people have to like you tho... And most of the time people don't like being told that they're wrong too. So, that's I guess where the downvotes came from.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don’t care about downvotes, or if anyone likes me. As long as I can get them to take climate change seriously and inform them that collapse will happen in their lifetime.