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Yeah, maybe land wasn't the best thing to call out as it's not particularly scarce in the US. Water, on the other hand... California uses more water to grow an
by jonas21 5y ago
Yeah, maybe land wasn't the best thing to call out as it's not particularly scarce in the US. Water, on the other hand...
California uses more water to grow animal feed (Alfalfa + irrigated pasture) than it does for all residential and commercial uses combined.
- nightcracker 5y agoHere in the Netherlands it's the exact opposite. We have infinite water, just not a lot of space.
- moffkalast 5y agoManatee farms when?
- User23 5y agoWater isn’t particularly scarce in the US either. Just because a handful of states are managing their resources sub-optimally doesn’t mean the whole country has a shortage.
- RGamma 5y agoAnd then in Germany... Fly over with Google Earth or similar. It's basically all farms and cities now. Several of the forests left are mere tree plantations. Perhaps one day the yearly reminder that our forests are dying will stop because there's none left.
- Jensson 5y agoEuropean forest area has actually increased as modern farming made land use more efficient so we could reduce farm area. The forests were cut down centuries ago. All farming in Europe has to be sustainable since there is no farmland left to expand into. https://ourworldindata.org/exports/forest-area-as-share-of-land-area-8dd751532752fe5d4aa24a09d0e2c5b7_v12_850x600.svg https://ourworldindata.org/exports/forest-area-as-share-of-l...
- RGamma 5y agoGiven the satellite pictures I'm looking at, that graph cannot really comfort me, but thanks for trying.