Category Archives: Agriculture

Increasing population + declining fossil fuels = less population

[ This essay looks at the human footprint on the planet, how it grew so large, the problems it causes, and the consequences. Alice Friedemann   www.energyskeptic.com  author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer … Continue reading →

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Energy in the Food System uses 19% of all energy consumed in the USA. Pimentel 2008

Preface.  There are many ways to calculate how much energy is used in the food system  This first paper estimates 19%, the paper below 14%. It all depends on how much you include, and whether it is just the farm … Continue reading →

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Fungi threatens crops feeding billions of people

Preface. And the World Health Organization (2022) released a list of health threatening fungi. In California and the southwest more people are catching valley fever, oaks are dying sudden oak death (SOD) from a fungus. Some scientists expect that climate … Continue reading →

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