DeepestShallows t1_j0he9a7 wrote on December 16, 2022 at 5:34 PM Reply to comment by HookLogan in Cellular agriculture and other emerging food technologies could release 80% of the worlds farm land currently used for meat and dairy production back to nature by DannyMcDanface1 At the scale agriculture exists? Seems doubtful. Even in the US agriculture has 17% of the land and urban areas 2%. In Belgium it’s 45% to 9%. In the UK 63% to 9%. Even the most committed suburban sprawl enthusiast is going to run out of concrete before they can make the urban environment 9 or 10 times bigger. Permalink Parent 11
DeepestShallows t1_j0he9a7 wrote
Reply to comment by HookLogan in Cellular agriculture and other emerging food technologies could release 80% of the worlds farm land currently used for meat and dairy production back to nature by DannyMcDanface1
At the scale agriculture exists? Seems doubtful.
Even in the US agriculture has 17% of the land and urban areas 2%. In Belgium it’s 45% to 9%. In the UK 63% to 9%.
Even the most committed suburban sprawl enthusiast is going to run out of concrete before they can make the urban environment 9 or 10 times bigger.