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> These projections always read like something that would come from a person who doesn't understand where their food comes from From a smaller and smaller prop

• PragmaticPulp 4y ago
  > From a smaller and smaller proportion of the population working in the agricultural field-- about 25-30% of the population in 1930 to about 10% now-- despite producing more calories per person and more meat, etc. The graphs in the linked article show weekly working hours declining from 50H to 40H over that time frame. Taking agricultural workplace participation from 10% to a hypothetical 1% isn't going to drop working hours from 40H to 10H.
  • mlyle 4y ago
    > Taking agricultural workplace participation from 10% to a hypothetical 1% isn't going to drop working hours from 40H to 10H. Yes-- the point is that your argument that it requires eating the cheapest synthetic food seems faulty; if 10% of our work hours are going to agriculture and related industries (including, as a sibling points out, restaurants and stores and manufacturing of junk food), then it's not a huge driver of our work week. Similarly, it's not as huge a portion of our labor going to maintain and construct housing as you imply.
• HDThoreaun 4y ago
  My understanding is that the 10% number included all food related jobs such as cook, waiter, food manufacturing etc. not just farming which is 1.3% of jobs. https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistics-charting-the-essentials/ag-and-food-sectors-and-the-economy/#:~:text=Agriculture%20and%20its%20related%20industries%20provide%2010.3%20percent%20of%20U.S.%20employment https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistic...
• z3t4 4y ago
  And if we need more calories we can just crank up the production. The food industry is highly automated.