Talk:Peak wheat

Hangon
Hey... slow down on the CSD trigger there. Peak Oil has been a huge story. There is no reason to think that Peak Wheat is not one either. Also, this is should be marked as a stub, not "no content." &mdash;Noah 04:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Of course, the existing reference will have to be removed since it is merely a one line entry in a web forum. &mdash;Noah 04:47, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Another equation
this youtube video by Albert A. Bartlett has an equation at 4:36 which differs from others here. its called the "Expiration Time or "T sub E", of a non-renewable resource whose rate of consumption is growing steadily". I think its highly relevant to all of the articles on peak resource use and limits to growth. If anyone else thinks his equation is relevant, can they transcribe it? the math is beyond me, and i cant reconstruct it from the image on screen.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 02:07, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

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wrong source
"In 2022 Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan have restricted exports and levied tariffs on wheat. Higher prices are not meeting any opposition from desperate buyers[18]"

Source [18] is a 2008 article that cannot possibly be discussing 2022 events.

Also, limited exports due to a war have nothing to do with the kind of hypothetical, more fundamental limits to production that "peak X" is supposed to be about. So this probably should not be in this article at all - even if a correct source is found, it likely should be in 2022-2023 food crises instead, which discusses current issues with these kinds of more immediate causes. Vultur~enwiki (talk) 23:43, 17 June 2023 (UTC)


 * As no one has defended this incorrectly sourced statement in 7 months, I have removed it from the article. Vultur~enwiki (talk) 03:28, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

this article should probably be completely revised
The article is mostly citing late 90s/early 2000s sources, and the more recent updates on things like Chinese grain production is awkwardly integrated into the older material. The article should be clearer on which predictions were accurate, inaccurate, or too long-term to know yet. The article as it is now gives a mixed impression (the lead implies that "peak wheat" is a plausible thing, but all the more recent updates are presented in a way that suggests in fact the predictions were consistently wrong).

There should either be newer sources, or if in fact no newer sources exist (because the idea has kind of been dropped) that should be clear. Vultur~enwiki (talk) 22:22, 4 June 2024 (UTC)