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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Well sustainable is an imaginary conception anyhow. Nothing is sustainable indefinitely. Whenever the word is used, it needs to be qualified with a timeframe..
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The cycle of life is the definition of sustainable. Life is what CREATED the soil.
Artificial chemicals are already ruining the soil, and we are using too much water, and we are polluting at a massive scale.
Artificial nitrogen fertilizer is a huge part of climate change - carbon is leached out of the soil, AND nitrogen becomes nitrous oxide. Which is about 8X stronger a greenhouse gas than METHANE.
We have monoculture - this is the opposite of how life naturally works. Diversity is strength, and diversity is sustainable.
Our current factory farming system is very fragile, and it will fail.
We have to change to a system that BUILDS the soil, and that sinks carbon into the soil. We need to have as many different plants and animals as possible, being raised together. We need to grow all food as close to where it is eaten, as possible. We need to return all nutrient streams back to the soil. Our current sewage system is not sustainable.