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		rhino369 on Feb 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than... You would said 500 million people 200 years ago. Malthusians in 200 years will say 50 billion.

aklemm on Feb 15, 2022 [–]

Is this helpful? I mean, we’ve already passed the point of too much natural habitat lost and too much industrial ag needed, so I think a number less then our current population is reasonable.

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