> immediate phase-out of fossil fuels I meant it not as right now, but as soon as possible. > See how corn yield has increased from around 20 bushels/acre to

> immediate phase-out of fossil fuels I meant it not as right now, but as soon as possible. > See how corn yield has increased from around 20 bushels/acre to nearly 180? > The same is true of other crops such as wheat Just 7-10% of that corn is for human consumption, the rest is animal feed and biofuls. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/corn-industries-sustainability-food-prices/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/corn-industries-susta... Corn based ethanol is worse for the climate than gasoline. https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-corn-based-ethanol-worse-climate-than-gasoline-study-finds-2022-02-14/ https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-corn-based-e... Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans - nearly half of all grain is either burned as fuel or eaten by animals https://web.archive.org/web/20230204130304/https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/06/23/most-of-the-worlds-grain-is-not-eaten-by-humans https://web.archive.org/web/20230204130304/https://www.econo... > It happened with tractors, combine harvesters, and petrochemical-derived fertilizers. Yes, that's the destructive part. We should instead switch to local methods of regenerative farming, like syntropic/natural/permaculture farming, which might be more labour and knowledge intensive, but when done right have similar yields, while repairing soils and working with biodiversity, not against it.