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So it's a net non-zero CO2 footprint? That would rather be against fertilizer then.

• dr_dshiv 6y ago
  Oh yeah, growing food is definitely one of the biggest sources of emissions! 26%. But many things besides fertilizer. Reviewed here. Poore, J., & Nemecek, T. (2018). Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers. Science, 360(6392), 987-992.
  • henearkr 6y ago
    Thanks a lot for the reference! We are an animal species literally growing on fossil fuels.
    • dr_dshiv 6y ago
      Yes, that is correct. Really important to get the transition right. Then we just have to deal with creating a post scarcity political economy :)
• Nasrudith 6y ago
  Not really, it depends upon the cost of not using fertilizer. The 10% emissions could be better in immediafe emissions again than having to farm N times more acres to get the same production.
  • henearkr 6y ago
    You could still have good production by using permaculture or other natural methods (or at least methods that are not energy-intensive).