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dredmorbiustoday at 12:07 PM1 replyview on HN

Ironically, much if not most food we eat is dependent on fossil-fuel energy, largely through nitrogen fertiliser (natural-gas based), but also pesticides, mechanised agriculture, and the distribution network's transport, cold-chain, and retail elements.

That's not a defence of fossil fuels so much as noting that Berry's arguments here sits a little loosely with reality.


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bitmasher9today at 2:11 PM

Did you miss the part where he farms with a horse as a beast of burden?

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