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Re:Save the Soil by mdp2021 on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @03:35AM (#32235435)
> stop using chemicals and pesticides, move towards organic method of farming

That implies an 8x increase in costs, I heard in the past few days (cannot remember the source now).

So: realistically - i.e. taking into consideration game theory on political and economical [game] rules?

Re:Save the Soil by mah4k4l on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @06:55AM (#32236633)
Maybe massive move to hydroponic farming done on sea rafts or something. Or on those whirling space stations with artificial gravity . 3d - printing food (if you believe in bioenergies first print some living tissue then kill it u done) is an option. Harvesting plankton is an option. Cultivating airborne plankton and such for protein is an option.

The guy is right (I know nothing about the guy himself): if the current trend continues we're left with desertation. We need soil - producing agriculture and the current one is soil - destroying. It doesn't need to be economically viable in itself. It could be subsidized for common interest by the public sector.