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I don't like living in a dense urban area, but undoubtedly it is the way to keep the planet healthy and us alive.
Vertical farming and efficiencies of providing services to denser areas, along with re-wilding areas for carbon capture all seem like part of the puzzle.
In the real world though, how do you get the entire population of the US to move to a handful of cities?
How would we even pay for the infrastructure development with our current model of building it and then ignoring it until we have to put a bandaid on it
Yeah, I don't see us all moving into cities, although many people already have. I also don't think we need to have one giant city - those numbers were given to show how little actual living space people need, keeping in mind that Paris doesn't seem to be viewed as somewhere undesirable to live, and still has room for beauty and not just urban utilitarianism.
On the flip side, many people who move to the city do so for work. I hope we see less of that, where things can be more decentralized so people who like a less urban environment can still effectively contribute to society and the economy without having to stifle their personal living preferences. I'd also like to see less cost-efficient but more space-efficient growing conditions for agriculture so more land can be returned to a natural state while still supporting the populations we have. Both vertical farming and vertical living can contribute to that. And I absolutely realize that livestock tend to be both less cost- and space-efficient, especially if it's humane.
Yeah, the only way I see reducing livestock is if the cost gets unacceptable for the working class. Nobody wants to hear "you need to eat plants". Would require a culture shift in the US at least
Chickens are surprisingly effective as far as meat animals go.
I'm super interested in insects too. Im growing spirulina right now to experiment if it can be a protein source
Powdered spirulina is pretty foul. I've heard that when fresh it's more palatable.
You can process crickets to make them mostly flavorless as an additive but I hear you.
Like I said it would take a culture shift.