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Has total biomass (not just wild biomass) declined? I would expect it has, because most modern farming tries very hard to make sure the only thing growing is th
by jonnycomputer 4y ago
Has total biomass (not just wild biomass) declined? I would expect it has, because most modern farming tries very hard to make sure the only thing growing is the thing that makes the farmer profit. A lot of farms are ecological wastelands; or rather, they sustain less biomass than they could.
- myshpa 4y agoI suppose it has. Farm land has 2% of a forest biomass (iirc). Agriculture (meat/dairy/sea-food) is worse than most want to acknowledge. Land and marine ecosystems are decimated (70-90% die off, incl. soil & plankton). We've killed off almost everything. The change has to come, there is nothing more important imho, or we'll be heading directly into blade-runner like future. Personally I would prefer star trek. [thinking about internet minus points] Learn to cook vegan, people ;)
- therealdrag0 4y agoTbf a some farmland used to be wild grassland not forestland. Though clearly much forest is cleared for farms as well.