Botanists are disappearing – just when the world needs them most

Re:Botanists are disappearing – just when the world needs th... by im3w1l on Sunday July 31, 2022 @12:57PM (#32296877)

There are more people than ever. That want to eat farmed food. Drive on roads. And live in houses. All of this takes land.

Then there is the renewable energy production that needs land too. Rivers valleys turn into hydro dams. Grass fields into solar fields.

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Re:Botanists are disappearing – just when the world needs th... by adrianN on Sunday July 31, 2022 @01:05PM (#32296938)

Renewable energy production takes a minuscule amount of land compared to agriculture, and a lot of that land can be things like parking lots and roofs.

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Re:Botanists are disappearing – just when the world needs th... by newman555 on Sunday July 31, 2022 @01:40PM (#32297148)

and majority of that agriculture land is for animal agriculture (which is probably obvious to everyone by now)

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Re:Botanists are disappearing – just when the world needs th... by im3w1l on Sunday July 31, 2022 @02:23PM (#32297499)

Due to the situation in Ukraine (big exporter of vegetable oil), the world is currently quite dependent on palm oil. You know the one they cut down rainforests to make. It was interesting to follow the politics around the Indonesia's temporary export ban back in May.

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