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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It's also ignoring the fact that we have already surpassed the limitations of what the nitrogen cycle could normally provide. So we would still be relying on fertilizers produced with fossil fuels.

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    Absolutely.

    Also, whenever I see "humans only really need X" I always think of Bill Gates saying no one will ever need more than 640kb of RAM. Sure, today no one will, but tomorrow someone who was held back by that previous number will see the new number and be able to complete a new task and suddenly that will be the new "baseline". A 1.4mb floppy used to store dozens/hundreds of text files. Now a .jpeg takes up more space. You can't just settle on some number without commiting to becoming left behind as things progress.

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