HistoPol, 3 months ago

#ClimateCatastrophe #Overshoot #PhantomCarryingCapacity

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"...anticipate the #GreenRevolution, which took off in the 1970s.

#Farmers began to use new chemical #fertilizers such as #phosphorous and #ammonia (which is derived from #NaturalGas), and #agrochemicals such as #pesticides and #herbicides [#oil derivatives]). In addition, they began to use new types of #farming equipment that mechanized #cultivation and harvesting.

But that’s not all. In the past, a #drought...