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I read somewhere that the soil is the problem, not just the local climate. And soil takes a long time to accumulate the good stuff. So in short, places with goo
by lovecg 5y ago
I read somewhere that the soil is the problem, not just the local climate. And soil takes a long time to accumulate the good stuff. So in short, places with good soil will become less farmable and places with now better climate won’t have good soil. We’re all kinda screwed then.
- bpodgursky 5y agoMmm. Modern fertilizer has done a lot to neutralize the importance of good soil. You can't farm rocks, but the US west has done a lot with sand + fertilizer. As long as you have money, water, sun, heat, and something better than bedrock, I wouldn't call it unrealistic.
- tazjin 5y agoPlus Belarus is a massive producer of said fertilizer, and Russia and Belarus have good trade relations. We'll see what happens ...
- lb0 5y agoShort term - long term we realize now it is eroding and "destryoing" it - like tech debt it is creating soil debt :)
- bpodgursky 5y agoThere's been a bad loss of topsoil in "good" farming areas but I don't think aggressive farming of marginal soil or subsoil in arid areas does much extra damage on top of natural erosion.
- mym1990 5y agoSoil is not an essential piece to growing crops. Even now hydroponics is taking off in many places.
- masklinn 5y agoThe siberian thaw has literally no relevance if you don’t plant things in the ground.
- mym1990 5y agoWhat are trying to find relevance to? I was just responding to the comment saying we are screwed if we can't plant things in the ground... On a longer time scale, the thaw absolutely has impacts on many things. Over time the soil WILL develop fertility, if we are around or not at that point idk.