HarryLime [any]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-210 months agoHow much agricultural land and how many workers laboring in agriculture does it take to support large modern cities?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareHow much agricultural land and how many workers laboring in agriculture does it take to support large modern cities?HarryLime [any]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDolores [love/loves]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agothere’s 15 billion acres of land, and this doesn’t count the sea or ancillary resources like urban farming, i assume. just to keep anyone from taking this data in a malthusian direction. 1 billion americans (as they are now) is a nightmare
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoAgreed. I think capitalism hinders the adoption of those techniques though, and the billion Americans people are also all capitalism worshipers
there’s 15 billion acres of land, and this doesn’t count the sea or ancillary resources like urban farming, i assume. just to keep anyone from taking this data in a malthusian direction. 1 billion americans (as they are now) is a nightmare
Agreed. I think capitalism hinders the adoption of those techniques though, and the billion Americans people are also all capitalism worshipers