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> we quickly run out places to grow the types of crops we recommend Not at all. https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-
by myshpa 3y ago
> we quickly run out places to grow the types of crops we recommend
Not at all.
https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares
> The problem is overpopulation
A little math might help.
environmental_impact = number_of_individuals * mean_individual_consumption
We can either lower individual_consumption, or wait for the nature to reduce number_of_individuals