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Perhaps one day we will let those areas re-grow without interference again, but until we're past the expected peak of 12 billion people on this planet about 10
by menybuvico 6y ago
Perhaps one day we will let those areas re-grow without interference again, but until we're past the expected peak of 12 billion people on this planet about 100 years from now, we're going to need every calorie we can get hold of to prevent mass starvation, considering we're also going straight into a top-soil crisis, depleting groundwater reserves by massive irrigation, and so forth.
But yeah, I was mainly referring to natural grasslands where the original grazers have been replaced by grazing cattle. De-forested land should be re-forested if it can't be used for anything else.
- nsl73 6y ago> we're going to need every calorie we can get hold of to prevent mass starvation Then we should begin transferring animal agricultural lands to plant agricultural lands because plant agriculture produces more calories per acreage. Kansas is perfect for growing many legumes, grains, and vegetables. Instead it is largely used to grow beef and dairy.
- Fjolsvith 6y agoIf you look at the above street views posted, you will see that the area surrounding the farm and feedlot are being used for grain. Also, note that those two operations are about 20 miles apart, with no other large cattle operation between the two (you can follow the street view and see for yourself). The point is that Kansas is used largely for plant agricultural, and actually isn't wall to wall cattle production.