Cracked: 5 Ways People Are Trying to Save the World That Don't Work

This article is pretty funny about some serious topics. Cracked points out the stupidity in "save the world" schemes like "rejecting vaccinations" and "buying organically grown food".

The funny thing about those chemical fertilizers and pesticides is that they were invented for a reason, and that's to increase food production. Turns out organic farming is pretty damn inefficient. Holding hands and thinking peaceful thoughts does dick all against pests that want to eat your crops and weeds that want to choke them out. The current acre of farmland produces 200 percent more wheat than it did 70 years ago. The same goes for meat and poultry. The chemicals did that for us.

Take them away, and suddenly you're getting less food per acre of land. According to some guy who won a Nobel Prize, we could feed 4 billion people if we went all organic. This sounds great except maybe to the 2.5 billion people who would be left without anything to eat.

You might not agree with all of them, but they're still funny.

I love it when people point out other peoples' foibles. Or something.