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Hemp farming meme (slrpnk.net)
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[–] schmorpel 4 points 1 year ago

because the alternatives are just so dang labor-intensive

Not really, but our math is skewed. Fossil-fuel based activities are less labor-intensive but much more energy-intensive. Our belief that we cannot survive without monoculture is because we compare labor apples with energy oranges.