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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil by markdown on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:13PM (#26826180)
Rapeseed oil isn't green energy. It's just more big-Ag.
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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil by corty on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:10AM (#26831010)
With that attitude we can just go back to the caves. Big-anything is what makes our society and level of population work, without Big-Ag we couldn't feed everyone. Without Big-Trans we couldn't distribute the food. Without Big-Trade, you would have to inefficiently buy from 20 small shops selling one item each. Without Big-Industry, your kitchen implements would be a pot and a kettle above the fireplace.

Rapeseed oil maybe isn't a perfect solution. But whining about everything that makes headway just because it isn't perfect yet also holds us back.

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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil by markdown on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:16AM (#26831969)
What a strange stance to take in a thread about how big-Ag has destroyed a third of US topsoil.

You've been brainwashed.

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