• pizzaiolo
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    11 months ago

    So much of farming is making food for livestock.

    Imagine if you fed people directly. What a concept.

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    11 months ago

    Short version:

    No, but we probably can feed more people if we eat less meat.

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      11 months ago

      That only works if nothing else changes as a result. Unfortunately adding CO2 raises temperature, which alters rainfall patterns. So we lose out as CO2 concentrations rise.

      More details here