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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil by Mediterraneo10 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:48PM (#26827169)
Your analysis above is remarkably detailed, but it misses the point. When I used the term "sustainable" I was speaking of resource usage and environmental impact, not whether the practice was affordable.
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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil by ls612 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:50PM (#26828451)
We aren’t going to run out of seawater anytime soon
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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil by Mediterraneo10 on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:25AM (#26832035)
The resource constraint that matters for desalination right now is not obviously seawater. It is the energy input for desalination, which in many areas still depends on hydrocarbons.
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