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Well there aren't any, it's been more of a century of technological progress in agriculture and the field is very mature.
by realusername 3y ago
Well there aren't any, it's been more of a century of technological progress in agriculture and the field is very mature.
- bradley13 3y agoSure there are. One example: stop subsidizing corn for ethanol. The fuel used to plant, fertilize. harvest, transport and process the corn exceeds the fuel produced.
- realusername 3y agoThat won't help very far when close to half of the land use is for meat.
- slaw 3y agoStopping subsidizing corn for ethanol will help a lot. [0] > U.S. farmers have planted 91.7 million acres of corn in 2019 [1] > roughly 40 percent of all corn is now used to make ethanol https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2019/07/29/corn-americas-largest-crop-2019 https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2019/07/29/corn-americas-lar... https://civileats.com/2022/02/14/how-corn-ethanol-for-biofuel-fueled-climate-change/ https://civileats.com/2022/02/14/how-corn-ethanol-for-biofue...