• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    Fantastic. Now extrapolate that to supporting 8 billion people, with your kind of gardening and what it will mean for that civilization.

    Do you support yourself 100% of the time with that gardening? Or is it a relaxing hobby?

    I’m talking about how we got to 8 billion people. Here’s a hint, it’s not by gardening.

    So you’re telling me you never drive your car somewhere to buy seeds or tools? And they got to the store without trucks?

    The clothes you wear to garden? You made them yourself? You have sheep? A spinning jenny?

    The people working at the store to unload the trucks? They also eat food that came into being without gas, fertilizer, or pesticides?

    Look, you’ve been gardening with gas, fertilizer, and pesticides all along. You just didn’t see it.

    That’s my point. You can hug yourself and pat yourself on the back as much as you want, but without fossil fuels, you wouldn’t have the lifestyle that lets you type away at a computer while your fridge is full of food from the supermarket…