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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, the problem then is that we're not only killing off all the bees but also other pollinators. Although, many plant species are also wind-pollinated and/or wind-dispersed. But good luck feeding all human life with this small selection of species only...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We will have to make meat based plant alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Meat is so energy inefficient that it would never be enough to feed everyone. And the scale of meat production would have to be so huge that we help on climate change quite a bit as well...