Reply To: The recent "discovery" of Dark Matter

[Brian H]

Warwick wrote:
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Sustainable means that – sustainable. Capable of feeding the world, on a sustainable basis. Intensive arable farming leads to soil erosion and podsolization. Intensive pastoral farming is the reason that food for humans is too expensive for the poorest.

No, it doesn’t. It pre-defines “sustainable” to equate to some partimular model of agriculture, life-style, etc., with zero comprehension of technology and what the known and unknown alternatives might be. It’s a “freeze in place” code-word, with the place designed by the speaker.

Back to the vertical farms: you didn’t read much. They’re not pure or mostly hydroponics. They use soil, and have many innovations which are entirely healthy.

Anyhow, “sustainability” advocates haven’t the faintest what either man or the planet can sustain.