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Why? More usable land in Canada and Russia. Is that all there is?
by Waterfall 6y ago
Why? More usable land in Canada and Russia. Is that all there is?
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoI hope you're joking. Pretty much all the potentially usable land in Canada is already in use, regardless of climate change. The issue with Canadian agricultural lands isn't climate it's soil quality. Almost everything else isn't going to be arable because it's thin soils over granite bedrock (Canadian shield). If you go really far north there's areas in permafrost but that's a) arid and b) would be poor fertility anyways. Likely to desertify if it actually got that warm.
- Waterfall 6y agoIt isn't about just fertility, it can have other uses, and its also possible to make it more fertile (although it is a poor choice as farmland). Las Vegas for example is very inhospitable, as was the ancient Persepolis.
- kiliantics 6y agoIt's not usable if crops won't grow: https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2458/why-a-half-degree-temperature-rise-is-a-big-deal/ https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2458/why-a-half-degree-tempera...
- Waterfall 6y agoIs the only usage of land for crop growth?
- kiliantics 6y agowell if you want to raise animals, you will also need crops to feed them... nearly half of all the crops we grow are fed to livestock