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Does your estimation take into account the energy absorbed by the plans we farm?
by pygy_ 9y ago
Does your estimation take into account the energy absorbed by the plans we farm?
- maxerickson 9y agoNo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption We spend a lot of that sun on meat and other livestock products though: https://ourworldindata.org/yields-and-land-use-in-agriculture/#breakdown-of-global-land-area-today https://ourworldindata.org/yields-and-land-use-in-agricultur... (the numbers in the second figure)
- pygy_ 9y agoThanks
- dredmorbius 9y agoAbout 40% of NPP. https://dge.carnegiescience.edu/DGE/Dukes/Dukes_ClimChange1.pdf https://dge.carnegiescience.edu/DGE/Dukes/Dukes_ClimChange1....