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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by dragonwriter on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @01:50PM (#12445491)
> It takes 2 calories of fossil fuel to make one calorie of food. We do this because it's still cost effective because of subsidies.

I think "we do this because we can't eat fossil fuels no matter how many calories they provide, so trading total energy content for ability to serve as food is valuable, independent of subsidy" would be more accurate.

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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by jethro_tell on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @03:08PM (#12446175)
Partly, but we can grow food in a more efficient way. It's currently cost prohibitive because we use feed lots, and subsidies water and fuel for farming.
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Re:‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising ... by bbcbasic on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @03:39PM (#12446681)
What about photosynthesis?
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