• mkwt@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I don’t know about the 10 billion number. But if it’s true, then we only have a 25% margin on food (10/8), and to my engineering mind that’s not enough. We gotta pump those numbers up.

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      6 months ago

      Pretty sure they’re only talking about food being thrown out as well.

      Acts like swapping to a vegan diet and ending the obesity epidemic would free up a lot more food for humanity.

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      But if it’s true, then we only have a 25% margin on food (10/8), and to my engineering mind that’s not enough. We gotta pump those numbers up.

      Or, and I’m just spitballing here, we should make sure everyone gets enough food first, then work on increasing production. What’s the point in getting to a 50% or even a 100% margin on excess food production if people are still starving to death because we can’t get it to them?