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In reply to the discussion: Can we achieve growth & equality while kicking Climate Change? [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)51. About 78 billion tons of carbon is lost from our soil from agriculture
This is another huge reason biofuels suck; their land use impact take decades to centuries to negate.
Im a happy fisherman BTW (only meat I have ever touched). The salmon I catch have a positive impact on carbon, as they offset grains I would otherwise need that have a footprint. Just an example (I'm not claiming any high ground). What I do or don't do won't make too much of a difference on our current course.
Oh yeah, and no-till organic agriculture helps this, as well as agro-forestry practices. But in any case, cultivating land to create food for the masses is not free of environmental impact, though we know how to do much, much better
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It's not the size of our economy, it's our income distribution that's the problem.
pampango
Jan 2013
#59
These ideas can't do anything for the global situation unless implemented en masse
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
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