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I don't want anyone to starve, but lets not go overboard on the hero worshiping. Increasing carry capacity of the land can "save" people in the moment, but onc
by gregwebs 13y ago
I don't want anyone to starve, but lets not go overboard on the hero worshiping.
Increasing carry capacity of the land can "save" people in the moment, but once the population catches up to the new carrying capacity we run into the same problems again unless something has changed in the meantime. Except that all the problems are worse because the new carrying capacity is
* more brittle (as other commenters) have already pointed out
* borrowed from unsustainable approaches such as converting fossil fuels to fertilizer
Arguably many of the countries that implemented these approaches have been able to slow populations growth, possibly with the help of temporary food security from these approaches.
I am just hoping for more intelligent conversation on the issue that helps people realize the true heros are those implementing sustainable technologies.