(October 10, 2018 at 12:11 pm)Khemikal Wrote: The method I just presented to you is site independent. You can set it up in an abandoned walmart parking lot. You can service the people who used to come to the walmart, without the need for biofuel shipping...which is still a pollutant and still a problem at some level. It also saves water. Unlike no till, there's nothing -to- til, and no tractor dragging a drum. The mechanical work is in the form of air lift - easily handled by solar (whereas tillage obviously isn't). The chemical work is nonexistent, preventative management is relied on, instead.
Why would the population need to come down if we can produce more food in less space, locally, with less pollution and greater conservation of water..while providing higher wages for the producers?
Really try to work that one out. See if it's more than an ideological sticking point, pessimistic malthusianism that's a holdover from the 19th century intellectual tradition, long demonstrated to be wrong before innovation outstripped the concern if it were right.
Why do we NEED billions?
How lonely can people be, if millions of neighbors isn't enough?
Its sorta like a 600 lbs guy saying "whassa problem? There's PLENTY of food."
