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There used to be a time, when the food we ate, came from the fields around us. I think that was be more efficient.

But I also enjoy tropical fruit at times and boats are indeed quite efficient, but trains will be probably more efficient, if you have electrified ones and a railroadconnection.

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The industrial world probably couldn't survive without ships. Here's an old story about places involved in making an electric toothbrush:

https://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/globalization-t...

A bigger version of the image https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Division-of-Labour-Sourc...

There was also a time when famines were a common occurrence.

No worries, 21st century got you covered!

Russia + Ukraine combined amount to some 25% of global wheat export alone, not to mention how global fertilizer prices will skyrocket in the months to come, causing prices to increase for a lot of food products down the line.

I guess there has never been a better time to switch to a keto diet!

> There was also a time when famines were a common occurrence.

People who downvoted this horribly missed the parent's point. It is the easy and frequent transportation of goods that prevents a local crop disaster to become a local famine,

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