The #AngloSaxon capitalist model ruined earth for humanity and many other species. #BigOil has been its undertaker, b/c #BigOilKnew.
If capitalism hadn't made the #GreenRevolution possible, human society would already have reached the #overshoot (1) point at the end of the last century:
In 1968, the #biologists Paul and Anne #Ehrlich wrote the book The #PopulationBomb"...
“The battle to feed all of #humanity is over. In the 👉1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death👈 in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate.”
"...is created this way. There is 👉no substitute.👈 This is why fertilizer prices (and thus, food prices) are getting higher and higher, because #NaturalGas has gotten so expensive..."
Instead of using natural gas exclusively for fertilizer production, we are just "firing away"
Humans have essentially painted themselves into a corner." (1)
One of my key threads. 😀
I really believe that this could solve a big part of the #ClimateCrisis, at least in regions with #AtmosphericRiver and #Monsoon conditions.
@HistoPol It does seem possible.
Raised beds are a good idea anywhere. When I had a huge vegetable garden I always used raised beds. And when our area had too much rain or not enough my garden never failed unlike my neighbours'. Also, when the beds are wide it utilizes more land which in turn allows for more food to grow.
If you go through my thread, you will see that #WaruWaru has been used in the #Andean Highlands for thousands of years, #Oxfam is promoting projects in #SouthAmerica, and #Agrivoltaics has been around for decades.
It is all there. It is simply not being used enough.
@HistoPol yes, I saw that. I don't understand why people ignore what has been successful for thousands of years. It is stupid and rather arrogant to assume that only "modern" ideas are useful.
I think too many people are stubborn/rigid, unable to understand that we need to learn and adapt because to stubbornly cling to methods of farming is the path to our extinction.
(This also applies to other than farming. Look at our methods of transportation, and even what we do during our daily routine)
Absolutely correct.
Apart from solar and wind, I'm not seeing this happening on the required global scale, though.
My whole point is that humanity had all the necessary technologies available after the Fraunhofer Institute had invented #Agrivoltaics...in the 1980's:
The early Proofs-Of-Concept for hydrocarbon manufacturing in the laboratory took place in the late 1890's/early-1900's, but electricity was more expensive to generate then. :D
@HistoPol cycling is a great option, but not for everyone and every circumstance. However, massive public transportation is a good alternative esp. when combined with more access to biking. Single vehicle use needs to end.
For those who say, "Whatabout my groceries, my home renovation and gardening supplies...how do I get them home?" There are options for that also.
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stop eating meat, #as more than 3/4 of crops grown go to feeding livestock and
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they are at this point #an entirely unnecessary dietary component
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second thing to #do is stop eating water-consumption-heavy crops that no one really needs, like almonds and cashews, which per-serving require about as much water to produce #as beef
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(that is to say, some ten times more than alternative "protein" sources, like chickpeas, toufu, and #peas)
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and are a significant factor in the colorado #river# #having# run dry
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and finally (after resource use has been already cut in half by #the above simple changes) @on the "technological investment" front there are indoor farming and aggressive genetic engineering, which paired together could move staple crops indoors, #removing need of pesticides, preventing toxic #run#off and recapturing the #nitrogen fertilisers in particular which are washed away so easily
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anything else people preach on this matter (permaculture etc) #is essentially wishful thinking
B/C I'd argue that it was chiefly developed in the UK and the US, e.g. #Wiki:
"Capitalism in its modern form emerged from agrarianism in England, as well as mercantilist practices by European countries between the 16th and 18th centuries. The Industrial Revolution of the 18th century [which started in the UK] established capitalism as a dominant mode of production, characterized by factory work and a complex division of labor...became more regulated...
...in the post–World War II period through Keynesianism [English], followed by a return of more unregulated capitalism starting in the 1980s through *neoliberalism...
Scholars tended to associate it with the theories of economists working with the Mont Pelerin Society, including Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises and James...
...referring to one tribe that invaded the British Isles (Angles) as pars pro toto would not improve clarity, I think...Besides, they came from what us now northern Germany. 😉
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