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← It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food it has.

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 7 Sept 2010 to 9 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under batteries batteries Everything filed under solar solar Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food it has. It is false that the world needs no morefood and only better distribution of thefood it has. Last stated a year ago 13 Jul 2025 MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2025-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes. — tap to centre the map on it The claim that higher yieldsbackfire and end up increasingfarmland is much weaker than theliterature assumes. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Local self-provisioning cannot feed the world, because most people do not live within reach of enough fertile land. — tap to centre the map on it Local self-provisioning cannot feedthe world, because most people donot live within reach of enoughfertile land. Last stated 3 years ago 4 Oct 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The answer to feeding the world is better factories, not more fields. — tap to centre the map on it The answer to feeding the world isbetter factories, not more fields. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The central problem of the food system is producing much more food on much less land. — tap to centre the map on it The central problem of the foodsystem is producing much more foodon much less land. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Jul 2023 MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Vertical farming swaps a land problem for an energy problem, and the energy cost is what stops it feeding the world. — tap to centre the map on it Vertical farming swaps a landproblem for an energy problem, andthe energy cost is what stops itfeeding the world. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Dec 2024 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2024-12-05 — tap for who they are MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Meat produced from waste and rangeland is efficient enough that giving up meat is not the only ethical answer to world hunger. — tap to centre the map on it Meat produced from waste andrangeland is efficient enough thatgiving up meat is not the onlyethical answer to world hunger. Last stated 13 years ago 27 Nov 2013 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2010-09-07 — tap for who they are GM George Monbiot — no longer holds since 2013-11-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Without the yield improvements of the last half-century the world would have cleared more than twice as much cropland. — tap to centre the map on it Without the yield improvements ofthe last half-century the worldwould have cleared more than twiceas much cropland. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production. — tap to centre the map on it "Carbon intensity" metrics let oilcompanies claim climate progresseven as their total emissions risefrom increased production. Last stated a month ago 9 Sept 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it "Food from thin air" is not fromthin air: it runs on water,minerals, ammonia and industrialplant. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. — tap to centre the map on it A future of constrained energy willneed more people working the land,and that is not the same as goingback to the past. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it About a fifth of the US grid couldbe freed for data centres just bycovering the yearly peak withbatteries or peaker plants. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: An off-grid data centre can delete its uninterruptible power supplies entirely, because the battery bank outside already is one. — tap to centre the map on it An off-grid data centre can deleteits uninterruptible power suppliesentirely, because the battery bankoutside already is one. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model. — tap to centre the map on it Apple's risk is being reduced tohardware: people keep buying thebest phone while everything they doon it comes from someone else'smodel. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
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At the centre It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food it has. Last stated 13 Jul 2025 · a year ago Holds Michael Grunwald Read this korrent →