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>the land use is absolutely vast Not quibbling with the broader point, but... is this actually a problem? When I see center-pivot irrigation circles laid out o
by dTal 10y ago
>the land use is absolutely vast
Not quibbling with the broader point, but... is this actually a problem? When I see center-pivot irrigation circles laid out on a square grid, wasting 20% of the land, I don't get the impression we're short of the stuff.
- jdietrich 10y agoFor America, not particularly. It is a big deal for smaller countries that would like to retain some degree of food independence, most obviously the United Kingdom. It could become highly significant due to the growing global population and increasing meat consumption in the developing world. Global meat consumption has quadrupled in the last 50 years; continued growth at that rate is entirely plausible and entirely unsustainable.