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Can you grow biofuel crops in the ocean?

• Retric 12y ago
  In theory, yes. In practice there is currently a massive food surplus and there is a lot of cheap land out there just add water.
  • crpatino 12y ago
    There is also a billion people living one-single-error away from starvation. The fact that we value their lives below the emotional well being of rich people that feel bad about the state of the environment (but aren't willing to give up any of their comforts for the sake of it) tells a lot of who we are and why we ended up with such a list in the first place.
    • Retric 12y ago
      There are plenty of people that care about global poverty. The issue is there are no simple solutions because the problems are societal not technical. More than two-thirds of all agricultural land is devoted to growing feed for livestock. There are 1.4 Billion cattle right now, "simply" swapping 1/2 of that to chicken would free up enough food to easily support the poorest 2 billion people in the world. But, good luck actually changing peoples behavior on a global scale. Not to mention things like food waste etc. http://vitalsigns.worldwatch.org/vs-trend/farm-animal-populations-continue-grow http://vitalsigns.worldwatch.org/vs-trend/farm-animal-popula... PS: War and Corruption are far more important issues when it comes to global hunger than food production. EDIT: There is easily enough farm land right now to feed ~20 BILLION people a healthy and sustainable diet using current farming practices. Which is well behind and expected global population for the next 200 years.