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Re: The Limits To Growth
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Subject: Re: The Limits To Growth
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From: bds@ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce Scott TOK )
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Date: 11 Nov 1996 15:01:26 GMT
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Article: 15769 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Mike Asher (masher@tusc.net) wrote:
[argument with set of figures leaving out 1995 omitted]
: As an aside, I will note that the majority of agricultural land in the
: world is farmed with low-tech inefficient methods. Expantion of the use of
: modern agriculture, new species, and good infrastructure, can more than
: double world food production. All without an additional acre being farmed,
: though, in the US at least, agricultural land usage has been on the decline
: for many years. Perhaps you have some statistics here?
You are welcome to calculate the increase of the crude oil drawdown rate
if the rest of the world farms the way the US does.
--
Mach's gut!
Bruce Scott, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, bds@ipp-garching.mpg.de
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