Fertilizer provides nitrogen & minerals to the soil for growing crops. Most fertilizer is produced synthetically via the [//wik
* Nitrogen-fixing crops (on their own) might not be able to provide enough soil nitrogen to feed the world. {{rn}} {{qn}}
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===="What about fertilizer? Don't we need animals to fertilize the soil by pooping?"====
...ls were already there in the plants they eat (which came from the existing soil). Also, mass production of meat/dairy/eggs requires more crops, which just
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...sn't add any minerals that weren't already there in the first place (the [[soil]] page will explain this in more detail).}} This could certainly contribute
...'t account for ''other'' environmental issues such as methane emissions or soil depletion, or other ethical issues like animal cruelty{{x|On one hand, at l
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...ht ''only'' improve yields in the ''short-term'', and actually destroy the soil & local ecosystems, ruining yields in the ''long term''.
...y ''decrease'' yields in the ''long term'' {{x|this is typically caused by soil depletion or pollution}}. {{x|Even in extreme circumstances where people ar
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|What about [[fertilizer]]? Don't we need animals to fertilize the soil by pooping?
...system. They can only poop out whatever minerals were already there in the soil/plants. Also, mass production of meat/dairy/eggs requires more crops, which
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...labor/energy/land intensity of this option is still unknown.{{rn}} Average soil concentration of thorium is (6 ppm).<ref>Toxicological Profile for Thorium
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How much nitrogen can legume crops 'fix' into the soil? How does it compare to the amount of nitrogen needed to maximize grain yie
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2 KB (272 words) - 00:44, 29 September 2022
...animals graze on) and what land did you end up with? in what ways were the soil improved? organisms? nitrogen? minerals? if minerals then where did they co
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127 KB (20,303 words) - 16:02, 25 December 2023
...fferent parts probably have different top-yielding crops (due to different soil/climate/etc). The current dataset doesn't have any info on this - crop yiel
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76 KB (9,251 words) - 06:18, 25 May 2023
...ding crops wouldn't be top-yielding in other parts of that country, if the soil or climate is different.
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89 KB (11,341 words) - 09:33, 4 February 2023
...ulture. {{qn}} Solar panels should best be placed in areas with no fertile soil. They don't play well with agriculture, because (unlike wind power) solar p
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9 KB (1,334 words) - 15:50, 3 November 2023
# If there's no other use, biomass waste can be composted back into the soil.
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3 KB (497 words) - 21:39, 17 October 2023
...me land could have grown some other crops that humans could eat. Even when soil is poor, there are options. However, the same reasoning doesn't apply to pa
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10 KB (1,498 words) - 06:41, 12 November 2022