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[–] cartmancarter 8 points 1 year ago (26 children)

So is the largest contributor to the problem just lack of land? Seems like most of the other problems from the article can be solved with money, but a lack of land makes it hard to build anything

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I once calculated that if we reduce the land use for livestock by 50% and then use 10% of the newly freed land to build housing (the other 40% can become nature), we can build a city something like 1.5x times the size of Amsterdam, the largest city in the Netherlands.

It's not a lack of land. It's how the land is being used. Almost half is for livestock (or more accurate: to dump the shit of that livestock, as the majority of the animals is kept indoors).

[–] Blamemeta -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So less food, more people? Have you heard the term "famine" before?

[–] rsn 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Less food”? What are you talking about? Most of the land used for livestock is for exported meat. Also, meat is an incredibly unsustainable source of food.

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