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I wouldn’t be concerned about scale. If we convert every lawn to farm land, we would get three times the amount of current farm land on top. Say we replace it c
by roboben 6y ago
I wouldn’t be concerned about scale. If we convert every lawn to farm land, we would get three times the amount of current farm land on top. Say we replace it completely, we could still farm 3 times less efficient and would have the same amount of yield.
https://geog.ucsb.edu/the-lawn-is-the-largest-irrigated-crop-in-the-usa/ https://geog.ucsb.edu/the-lawn-is-the-largest-irrigated-crop...
- robocat 6y agoYour numbers are out by at least an order of magnitude. “The analysis indicates that turf grasses, occupying about 2% of the surface of the continental U.S.,” “Agricultural land (% of land area) in United States was reported at 44.37 % in 2016”
- roboben 6y agoWhere are your numbers from?
- saalweachter 6y agoThe keyword there is "irrigated". 90 million acres of corn are planted each year but less than 10 million are irrigated.
- robocat 6y agoThe 2% is from your linked article. The other number is from the first credible result from googling - use google.