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Well growing wealth in India and China also contributes. Because of their massive populations, just a small increase in demand because people can afford things they couldn't before can cause a huge increase in demand.

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    walden31 year, 8 months ago
    
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    Good info, but you forgot to include your cite and this info, "It is difficult to definitely link short-term changes in weather to long-term climate change, but the unusually severe drought is consistent with what climatologists predict will be a problem of increasing frequency.
    Indeed, the chief executive of the National Farmers' Federation in Australia, Ben Fargher, says, "Climate change is potentially the biggest risk to Australian agriculture."
    Drought has already spurred significant changes in Australia's agricultural heartland. Some farmers are abandoning rice, which requires large amounts of water, to plant less water-intensive crops like wheat or, especially here in southeastern Australia, wine grapes. Other rice farmers have sold fields or water rights, usually to grape growers."
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/business/worl...
    
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