Extremely not-fun fact: collectively, humanity currently produces more than enough food for every person. But a huge part of it is either wasted or inaccessible by people that need them, which usually results in them not going to anyone and being wasted, which is why we still have food scarcity.

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    2 years ago

    Nothing efficient about throwing away food. Not even from a profit perspective.

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      2 years ago

      That depends. If discarding food costs $X and distributing it to another market costs $2X guess which option is economically favourable?

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        2 years ago

        The only reason that would occur would be inefficiency in distribution of product.

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          2 years ago

          Wow you solved it. We just need to make distribution efficient.

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            2 years ago

            That is literally the first comment in this thread, gtfo. Not going in circles with you.

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              2 years ago

              Then what would you suggest? If getting rid of food costs say $5 and sending to a different area costs say $10 then between both selections which one is better for the economy?

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                2 years ago

                I stated a fact, I didn’t suggest anything. wtf are you still talking for?

                If you’re paying to get rid of something you paid for, you fucked up.

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                  2 years ago

                  Sounds like you figured it out then. If we can just determine a way to efficiently distribute the food, then we’ll be good.

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                    Seriously, why are you still talking?