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It's not just the soil, Fish. That's actually the least of our worries. I am familiar with soil. Bad soil. Likely worse by far than anything that occurs in Ireland. It can be turned around. It takes a lot of work, but it can be done with careful planning. You have farming experience and know that it's not just as simple as soil health. There's ferts and pesticides fungicides and all manner of shit involved. All that stuff requires stuff to create it.The climate is a dynamic system that never stands still, yet we are instructed to believe that there was once a stable situation that mankind has ripped asunder . We both know this to be nonsense, yet that is the implied narrative and with the human desire for comfort in thought and deed, it’s a nice simple idea ripe for exploitation.
I am not convinced by the ecological overshoot theory, with a more thoughtful use of the soil I would suggest that we can grow sufficient food with fewer inputs. We till it in lumpen ignorance I fear, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
Ecological overshoot refers to everything from ores to wheat to fish. We simply cannot go on consuming at the current rate. It's totally unsustainable.
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