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Mmm. 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.
by bpodgursky 5y ago
Mmm. 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.