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by nvm0n2 894 days ago
And yet the food supply is fine, so when exactly do you predict this "loan" will come due exactly, and what separates you from all the other people who discredited themselves with such predictions in the past?

> countless other finite resources such as water

Water is a renewable resource!

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> Water is a renewable resource

A lot of water used for agriculture in the US is "fossil water" from aquifers that takes millions of years to replenish. The oceans are a limitless supply of water, but like the HB process, require energy to convert to a useful form.

Moreover, in many instances, the conversion to a useful form is short-changed, leaving salts in the water which results in long-term problems --- look at agriculture around Lake Baikal for an example.
Is it "fine"? 44 million people in the US experience hunger. Countless more in the global south are straight up starving. I'm not sure I'd call that fine.