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Re:Farming hard drives: 2 years and $1M later by xenonite on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @03:17PM (#6803887)
Yes, it is true that the modern agriculture was enabled through abundance of oil.

But that leads to a big problem as soon as the oil reserves diminish.

How should one not be fatalistic then?

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Re:Farming hard drives: 2 years and $1M later by EGreg on Thursday November 28, 2013 @02:18PM (#6815996)
How was modern agriculture enabled by an abundance of oil?
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