Peter Wadhams Quotes & Sayings

Food cost rather than the absolute absence of food can often be the key factor in shortages and possible starvation. During the height of the Irish Potato Famine in 1845, Ireland was actually exporting food to England. The peasants starved because they could not afford to buy food at the local prices, enhanced by the loss of the potato crop. There was enough food, in absolute terms, to keep everyone alive; they died because they had no money to buy it. — Peter Wadhams

In the end, it will just melt away quite suddenly. It might not be as early as 2013 but it will be soon, much earlier than 2040. — Peter Wadhams