silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe pain from the Strait of Hormuz crisis will be felt far beyond the pump | Four billion people are fed by fossil fuels. The Iran war is showing just how fragile that is.www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkThe pain from the Strait of Hormuz crisis will be felt far beyond the pump | Four billion people are fed by fossil fuels. The Iran war is showing just how fragile that is.www.vox.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareGsus4@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWe essentally eat fossil fuels (fertilizer, mechanized tilling and harvesting, transformation, packaging, transportation), right? That’s how bad this is. But green/regenerative/low-processing/local can mitigate the risk of these disruptions.
minus-square0tan0d@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWe don’t have to use as much. Manure still works its more work though and farmers love to optimize.
minus-squareSlurpingPus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWith how the title is phrased, I’m tickled by the implication that we should eat sunlight and air instead.
We essentally eat fossil fuels (fertilizer, mechanized tilling and harvesting, transformation, packaging, transportation), right? That’s how bad this is. But green/regenerative/low-processing/local can mitigate the risk of these disruptions.
We don’t have to use as much. Manure still works its more work though and farmers love to optimize.
With how the title is phrased, I’m tickled by the implication that we should eat sunlight and air instead.