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All Darc — Comparing the total of human energy use to the total of something else is ultimately beside the point. Seasteading comes before Dyson Spheres.

Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard

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.

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Originally Posted by redpoint5

Returning to less productive means of farming will certainly cause the death of many people...

Current factory farming is a miracle and works wonderfully to produce an unprecedented amount of food...

There's this romantic idea that a small local farm with a guy gathering produce in his pickup truck is more energy efficient than the huge combines that harvest produce and the large trucks/ships that send it to far reaches of the world, but that simply isn't the case.

Suppose the truck is a Tesla pickup?

Returning to less productive means of farming would be bad. Moving forward to vertical hydroponic robot grocery stores would be good.