PDF-[BOOK]-Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food, and the Coming Crisis in Agriculture

The miracle of the Green Revolution was made possible by cheap fossil fuels to supply crops with artificial fertilizer pesticides and irrigation Estimates of the net energy balance of agriculture in the United States show that ten calories of hydrocarbon energy are required to produce one calorie of food Such an imbalance cannot continue in a world of diminishing hydrocarbon resources Eating Fossil Fuels examines the interlinked crises of energy and agriculture and highlights some startling findings  The worldwide expansion of agriculture has appropriated fully 40 percent of the photosynthetic capability of this planet The Green Revolution provided abundant food sources for many resulting in a population explosion well in excess of the planets carrying capacity Studies suggest that without fossil fuelbased agriculture the United States could only sustain about twothirds of its present population For the planet as a whole the sustainable number is estimated to be about two billion Concluding that the effect of energy depletion will be disastrous without a transition to a sustainable relocalized agriculture the book draws on the experiences of North Korea and Cuba to demonstrate stories of failure and success in the transition to nonhydrocarbonbased agriculture It urges strong grassroots activism for sustainable localized agriculture and a natural shrinking of the worlds population. 5 15 25 35 RICE BRAN OIL soybean oil canola oil corn oil rapeseed oil safflower oil Stickings to Frying Pan g500g oil brPage 2br Material Manufacturer ORYZA OIL FAT CHEMICAL CO LTD No1 Numata Kitagata cho Ichinomiya city Aichi pref 493 8001 JAPAN TE Ivana O’Dell. 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Cell: 301-526-8572. 2525 Space Research Building (North Campus). rbrood@umich.edu. http://. aoss.engin.umich.edu. /people/rbrood. Winter . 2017. April 6, . 2017. . Candance. Gabel, MS, RD, LD. OSU Extension – CNEP State Coordinator. Mindlessness. Being on “automatic pilot” . A sense of living mechanically. Living in the past or the future. Living in the present, but in a struggle with what is here. The miracle of the Green Revolution was made possible by cheap fossil fuels to supply crops with artificial fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation. Estimates of the net energy balance of agriculture in the United States show that ten calories of hydrocarbon energy are required to produce one calorie of food. Such an imbalance cannot continue in a world of diminishing hydrocarbon resources. Eating Fossil Fuels examines the interlinked crises of energy and agriculture and highlights some startling findings:  • The worldwide expansion of agriculture has appropriated fully 40 percent of the photosynthetic capability of this planet. • The Green Revolution provided abundant food sources for many, resulting in a population explosion well in excess of the planet’s carrying capacity. • Studies suggest that without fossil fuel-based agriculture, the United States could only sustain about two-thirds of its present population. For the planet as a whole, the sustainable number is estimated to be about two billion. Concluding that the effect of energy depletion will be disastrous without a transition to a sustainable, re-localized agriculture, the book draws on the experiences of North Korea and Cuba to demonstrate stories of failure and success in the transition to non-hydrocarbon-based agriculture. It urges strong grassroots activism for sustainable, localized agriculture and a natural shrinking of the world’s population. describe religious . teachings about the origins of the universe and of human . life. I can explain . different interpretations of these religious teachings. I can explain the relationship between scientific and religious views.