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Read this korrent: Synthetic fertiliser is a serious climate and pollution problem and also the reason half the people alive are alive.
Synthetic fertiliser is a serious climate and pollution problem and also the reason half the people alive are alive.
Last stated 3 years ago
30 Aug 2023
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Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-08-30 — 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 is better factories, not more fields.
Last stated 3 years ago
28 May 2023
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George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food it has. — tap to centre the map on it
It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food 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: 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 land problem for an energy problem, and the energy cost is what stops it feeding the world.
Last stated 2 years ago
5 Dec 2024
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2024-12-05 — tap for who they are
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Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The chief danger of biofuels is that growing them for vehicles takes arable land away from food and causes hunger. — tap to centre the map on it
The chief danger of biofuels is that growing them for vehicles takes arable land away from food and causes hunger.
Last stated 21 years ago
6 Dec 2005
GM
George Monbiot — holds since 2004-11-23 — tap for who they are
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George Monbiot — no longer holds since 2005-12-06 — 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 will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past.
Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Our technosphere is immature: it is currently destroying the conditions it needs in order to sustain itself. — tap to centre the map on it
Our technosphere is immature: it is currently destroying the conditions it needs in order to sustain itself.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Dec 2024
AF
Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — 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 food system is producing much more food on much less land.
Last stated 3 years ago
3 Jul 2023
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Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-07-03 — 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 feed the world, because most people do not live within reach of enough fertile land.
Last stated 3 years ago
4 Oct 2023
GM
George Monbiot — holds since 2023-10-04 — 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 and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — 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 could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants.
Last stated 7 months ago
13 Mar 2026
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — 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 to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model.
Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
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Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — 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 manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland.
Last stated 2 years ago
9 Nov 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one. — tap to centre the map on it
A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one.
Last stated 3 years ago
25 Mar 2024
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Brian G. Chow — holds since 2024-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A transition to wind and solar power could reduce the likelihood of war. — tap to centre the map on it
A transition to wind and solar power could reduce the likelihood of war.
Last stated 5 days ago
18 Oct 2026
BM
Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-10-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it
A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely.
Last stated 2 months ago
22 Aug 2026
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Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it
A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Dec 2024
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Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
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