>>Our agriculture and food production are major contributors to the damage Yes - deadly serious. I had to travel to the US midwest recently, after not having

>>Our agriculture and food production are major contributors to the damage Yes - deadly serious. I had to travel to the US midwest recently, after not having been there for a long time. As I drove out of the city the first impression of the farmlands was pleasant. But after an hour of highway-speed driving past nothing but bare fields (out of growing season) with scant rows of trees, we became a bit horrified — there was absolutely zero habitat for anything but the artificial plantings, when they were in season. And they would be coated with pesticides to ensure that there were no insects, or anything that ate them, or that ate the things that ate the insects, etc.. And indeed, returning to the airport in daytime, there was remarkably little wildlife. It was a seriously disturbing experience, which I did not expect. >>Feeding 10 billion people by 2050 within planetary limits may be achievable Yikes. The damage being done by 7 billion right now, adding 20-30% more is kind of unthinkable, even setting aside the agricultural damage. And you're absolutely right that we need to adopt a plant-based diet. The conversion away from meat does seem much more doable, since only 12% of Americans eat 50% of the beef. Moreover, that's men between 50-66 years old, so if younger generations don't acquire that habit, we'll get a 50% reduction just by that sub-population aging out. [0] https://phys.org/news/2023-08-mere-americans-nation-beef-significant.html https://phys.org/news/2023-08-mere-americans-nation-beef-sig...