Food rationing? In the US? WTF?

[conuly]

What is this, what is going on here, somebody explain this to me? (Explain it to me by telling me the appropriate panic index for RIGHT FUCKING NOW, okay? I've had a long day, I don't need it to be any longer.)

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[conuly]

But the fungi help the plants. It's the ciiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiiiiife, right? No fungi - less plants? I can't help the feeling that that plan would also turn around and bite us in the ass.

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

Well, there are fungi and fungi. Some fungi kill plants, other fungi kill animals, yet other fungi kill other fungi, then there are some fungi that live in symbiosis with plants (and a whole bunch of fungi that do something entirely different, like hang out in symbiosis with algae or cyanobacteria and form lichens).

When I say not so good for the fungi, I mean that there will be less corn husk to go around for them, but that's just a drop in the ocean. It's bad for individual fungi, it's not even bad for individual species of fungi. Also, these fungi are of the kind that degrade dead (plant) material, and as long as something's dying, there are under almost all circumstances plenty of bidders to munch on the dead thing, fast or slow.

So, in essence, there is a very limited possibility that cellulose fermentation is going to be a problem.

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

Not to mention, paper that's not feasible to be recycled could just as easily be used for cellulose fermentation, not in the same vats as the agricultural leftovers, due to additives to the paper, but it's none the less a possibility.