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The current system (as noted above) is dependent upon fossil fuel inputs, and it may be a driver of a future decline as you note. Unfortunately we've boxed ours
by barathr 5y ago
The current system (as noted above) is dependent upon fossil fuel inputs, and it may be a driver of a future decline as you note. Unfortunately we've boxed ourselves in -- we don't have the industrial capacity / biology for something as basic as cover cropping to meet estimated demand should everyone want/need to be sustainable/regenerative:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-1022-1?proof=t https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-1022-1?proof=t
- tehjoker 5y agoThank you for that info. I didn't know what a cover crop even was. For anyone else that doesn't know this video helped me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XTeKmccl7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XTeKmccl7w EDIT: ...and so did scrolling down below the abstract in the linked article. ^_^;