Re:Heretical thoughts about science and society (2005)
by abecedarius on Sunday June 09, 2024 @08:25PM
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> What about all the land that isn't even farmed or managed?
Dyson was talking about "half" the Earth's land area. https://www.fao.org/sustainability/news/detail/en/c/1274219/ says "Globally agricultural land area is approximately five billion hectares, or 38 percent of the global land surface." That's surprising to me too -- maybe they're wrong?
Dyson was talking about "half" the Earth's land area. https://www.fao.org/sustainability/news/detail/en/c/1274219/ says "Globally agricultural land area is approximately five billion hectares, or 38 percent of the global land surface." That's surprising to me too -- maybe they're wrong?