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Oodles of noodles: how a global favourite became an economic red flag (www.ft.com)

submitted 6 months ago by jyunwai@lemmy.ca to c/economics@lemmy.world

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[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If the entire (cooked) length of instant noodles sold around the world in a single year were laid out in a line, the resulting 6.2bn kilometre giga-noodle would stretch well beyond Pluto and into the depths of space. It is a fact as miserable as it is marvellous.

This is the most insane statistic I've ever heard

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[–] SigmarStern@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago

I'd like to see the math here. Do we even produce enough wheat (and drinking water) to produce a noodle that reaches all the way to Pluto?

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