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10x sound a bit wayward but I get your point.

• HPsquared 2y ago
  I mean if everyone was vegetarian and commuted on bicycle it'd be no problem environmentally.
  • throwup238 2y ago
    That would be a disaster. We don’t have 10x more arable land that can be farmed at industrial scale. Global agricultural land is about 2/3rds pasture that can grow enough grass for ruminants but it can’t really grow food for humans. The amount of land used to grow fodder is actually a small fraction of the land animals use, so you wouldn’t gain much back, you’d just lose all the calories supported by land that is otherwise unproductive.
    • HPsquared 2y ago
      Fair enough, but there are a LOT of options we just don't even look into because they're not profitable at current low food prices. It's like mineral resources vs reserves, basically where there's a will there's a way. Agriculture is currently less than 5% of GDP, there's a lot of headroom for putting more effort into it. Nuclear-powered vertical farming anyone?