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That 77% CONTAINS crop land. https://www.renewmethod.com/post/what-is-arable-land https://www.renewmethod.com/post/what-is-arable-land "Arable land is classif
by myshpa 4y ago
That 77% CONTAINS crop land.
https://www.renewmethod.com/post/what-is-arable-land https://www.renewmethod.com/post/what-is-arable-land
"Arable land is classified as land that can be plowed for the purpose of growing crops."
Please, look at the graph one more time.
- randomdata 4y agoArable land includes meadows, pastures, etc. Animals can (and do) eat from those lands, but cropland is more specific. Your weird tangent has no relevance.
- myshpa 4y ago> Probably not without radically changing how we grow plants for human consumption ... Wrong. > ~60% of the soybeans are intended for direct human consumption and ~40% for animal consumption. I imagine that is not atypical Wrong. > around 35% of the output ... for animal consumption, which is effectively what the real world data also shows ... Wrong. > Nowhere near 50% of the world's land area is suitable for cropland. Wrong. > Your own link suggests that only 23% of agricultural lands are suitable for cropland. Wrong. > Arable land includes meadows, pastures, etc. Animals can (and do) eat from those lands, but cropland is more specific Wrong (in the context of) https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2020/01/Global-land-use-graphic.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2020/01/Global-land-use-g... > Your weird tangent ... It's called logic. I give up.