bryan_jenkins t1_jdnoulk wrote on March 25, 2023 at 7:37 PM

Reply to comment by PleaseBmoreCharming in Update: Baltimore receiving 675k gallons of wastewater from Ohio train derailment by Animanialmanac

You can't?

bryan_jenkins t1_j907c23 wrote on February 18, 2023 at 5:43 AM

Reply to comment by dan_bodine in [OC] How John Deere makes money: Agriculture, construction, and forestry equipment by IncomeStatementGuy

Nope. Gross income would be "revenue", one to the left.

bryan_jenkins t1_j2yxryk wrote on January 4, 2023 at 10:32 PM

Reply to comment by Pantim in How to feed the world while reducing nitrogen pollution by filosoful

It's really not simple though. If it was simple we'd probably have solved it because improving efficiencies typically makes people more money. Waste is inversely proportional to profit.

60% of waste is commercial. Farms waste food because they are collectively guessing at the markets and productivity in a given season. Distributors and grocery waste food because of the above AND because they need to have more than enough of all products so as to not lose disappointed customers. "More than enough" is inherently waste. Most grocers actually operate produce as a loss leader. 40% of food waste is in the home because people buy more than they need because they don't want to buy less and food is cheap.

Simple solution: nationalize all farmland and ration food to all households. /s

Also, grocers enclose access to dumpsters to reduce their liability. Good Samaritan laws ostensibly protect them but do not prevent spurious lawsuits that require massive legal fees to fight.