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How many would starve.?

If the American farmer could no longer buy diesel fuel, how many Americans would starve.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    well the organic vegatable growers wouldnt be to effected but then again there prices would skyrocket because 90% of vegatables that are grown in america are harvested by the average farmer that uses diesel fuel and the average american wouldnt be able to afford them but obesity would skyrocket because they would go to foods that are filling and unhealthy

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Millions of americans will starve if farmers do not use other means of farming just like the good old days when horses or other animals were used to tend the farm. Nuclear power plants could also be used to run electric powered farming machinery. Other countries will supply food to USA if there is not enough food from US farms.

  • 1 decade ago

    It would affect America long before any effect to the farmers. For a start, there'd be no transportation. America would grind to a halt.

  • 1 decade ago

    well im a geologist my name is jhalal my method tells me that the population of people that are going to be starved i'll estimate about...1 . billion of our population will starve

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