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Re:Do we need a better understanding of 'progress'? by jacobolus on Friday June 17, 2022 @11:50PM (#31787126)
Food production uses fertilizers (from fossil fuels) and pesticides (from fossil fuels) and machinery (running on fossil fuels) to grow foods which are then processed (by machines running on fossil fuels) and shipped around the world (using fossil fuels).
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Re:Do we need a better understanding of 'progress'? by madacol on Saturday June 18, 2022 @07:09AM (#31788796)
Sure, energy. I just don't get the point.

We are talking about long-run trends of food insecurity. Russia's invasion of Ukraine will probably be (and hopefully) a short temporary turn in the wrong direction

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