Does the traditional monoculture acres include the acres for fertilizer, the production of all of the equipment needed, fuel, seed, equipment and fuel for transport to final location, storage, pesticides, insecticides, and water?
I agree that intensive agriculture is needed, but it's not so easy to compare the two.
It's trivial to compare the two unless you showed up to the conversation with an agenda or you're pretending issues with population density don't shit all over whatever counterfactual is being peddled by the homesteader-instagram industrial complex. One system feeds the overwhelming majority of humans on the planet, and takes most of the arable dry land surface of the planet to do so. The other produces a fraction of the food per acre, so unless you're planning on raising Atlantis you've got a serious problem to contend with.
“I want to believe” is the saying! You hit the nail on the head. Is it aliens? No. But I enjoy entertaining the theory that it might be. It’s harmless and adds mystery and excitement to my world. If you were young in the 90s, I’m sure you can remember the wonder that everyone seemed to have. I’m only sad that Art Bell isn’t here to speculate with us.
I don't know much about the topic, but my understand was that bison graze more selectively, and have behaviors where they roll in grass, creating dirt ruts, which provides habitat for insects etc.
Bison are far more unruly though, so you need serious fencing to keep them contained, so it's less practical. I think they are lower maintenance than cattle, but bison just doesn't have the market.
I just learned about "bison wallows", the dirt ruts you refer to. Some estimate that prior to European settlement and modern ag there were 5 small wallows per acre! That would be 500 or 1000 on a modest farm.
I'm naive about this topic, but I think other factors to consider are the manufacturing and maintenance. A PHEV just can't be as efficient to manufacture as a BEV. This is particularly true as investment dollars follow the money into batteries and the ICE supplier chain grows tighter. Then, once you've got it, you still need to maintain it like an ICE, even though you'd rather just use the battery.
That being said, I think PHEVs are great, but I think consumers and producers both see greater benefits moving to full BEV.
My wife and I read the book on love languages just prior to getting married. I don't think it's a scientific fact or anything, more like a well thought out linguistic tool for discussing feelings.
It simplified the process of learning each other's needs and communicating, and through time we've gotten better. I'd recommend it to anyone.
You're forgetting that Facebook can see the future and everyone is wearing helmets and gloves and living in a digital world that looks like a mobile game from 2008.
I am finding a lot of small businesses here in the UK are trying out WhatsApp for booking jobs. For example, when I needed a couple of labourers to help me remove some garden waste recently, I received quotes by reaching out on WhatsApp.
The direction of whatsapp was really really biased and strong towards being as simple as possible and useful as a messaging medium. It worked out pretty well fwiw. Who uses wechat besides Chinese people?
Did you really ask "who uses Wechat besides 1.4 billion people" in a model that can be monetised and extremely profitable compared to a simple messaging app?
Wechat is very profitable because users use it for everything, banking, payments, ecc.
The average WhatsApp user is worth nothing in comparison even with almost twice the user base. Last time I gave WhatsApp money was the 50 cent yearly subscription when it was still an independent product.
If something has potential, it's the one that has made billions out of that potential. Unless you think that the Chinese market doesn't matter, only the Western market does.
I agree that intensive agriculture is needed, but it's not so easy to compare the two.