Post #2432039
2024-04-08 22:44 UTC
@katanova@social.coop @sbi@toot.berlin
I'm an engineer based in London, but most of my kin back in Scotland are fishers and farmers. :D
My original focus was energy engineering, but i've used that conceptual lens in all kinds of ways, hence the above comments about land. :D
Farming is always energy-positive, as it's solar powered. :D
Whether the farming methods used are sustainable in terms of soil damage is a larger question altogether. :D
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@sbi@toot.berlin 2024-04-08 23:07
@BillySmith@social.coop @katanova@social.coop From what I learned in the 90s, modern agriculture uses way more energy than what the sun provides, mostly in forms of fertilizers, pesticides, and diesel. I understand that this doesn't have to be. (No chemical fertilizers, and no pesticides in my garden.) It currently is, though. Add to this the ineffective land use, the need to have private vehicles etc., and sustainability in the countryside is just a dream sold by advertisement agencies.