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I believe, UK's northern latitudes can't simply replace home-grown meat with home-grown veggies. One limiting factor could be the shorter growth season. Or maybe also because the soil isn't suitable for much else other than grass. It's why I think the question re -61% versus more imported CO2 is important. And one addition: he didn't mention drainage at all. But the UK is just as bad as Germany regarding draining of the land, if not worse. Keeping water in the landscape is so important. A patch of forest or hedges between fields cool the immediate surrounding because they can evaporate water. Through little natural subsurface channels, water from such green islands also becomes available for adjacent field crops. And if the island is connected to an aquifer… 😍 so I think, it's really important to break up the monoculture and add patches of wild nature. And plug the drainage pipes as much as possible.