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 Tm12   ( @Tm12@lemmy.ca )  to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 个月前

Here’s How America Uses Its Land (2018)

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Here’s How America Uses Its Land (2018)

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 Tm12   ( @Tm12@lemmy.ca )  to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 个月前
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  •  Greg Clarke   ( @Greg@lemmy.ca ) 
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    It seems a little inefficient to put all the airports together

    •  huquad   ( @huquad@lemmy.ml ) 
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      Its really not so bad once you get over the 12 hour drive.

  •  HiddenLayer555   ( @HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Why do they keep allocating land to wildfires if they’re so destructive? /s

    •  troybot [he/him]   ( @troybot@midwest.social ) 
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      That’s the federal wildfire sanctuary established by president William McKinney. While most fire has been domesticated, the remaining feral fire is allowed to burn free in Utah.

  •  Wahots   ( @Wahots@pawb.social ) 
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    Golf is way too big, imo. No other sport even makes the list here.

    •  Dem Bosain   ( @DemBoSain@midwest.social ) 
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      Maybe we can combine it with “wildfires”.

  •  aphonefriend   ( @aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    So nice of the 100 largest land owning families to have the same amount of land as the entire urban or rural housing population of the rest of the country. I assume it’s to fatten themselves up for the rest of us just like the cows.

    When do we get to eat them again?

  •  ray   ( @ray@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Gotta see one of these with parking.

    •  vithigar   ( @vithigar@lemmy.ca ) 
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      It would be a subset of “urban commercial”, right? Somewhere in the range of half to three-quarters of it?

      •  ECB   ( @ECB@feddit.org ) 
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        Depends how these are defined. Public parking or on-street parking are likely in a different category, not to mention people’s driveways.

  •  apotheotic (she/her)   ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) 
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    And people will still say that the meat/dairy industry aren’t a plague

    •  yozul   ( @yozul@beehaw.org ) 
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      •  apotheotic (she/her)   ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) 
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        Ugh, I accidentally deleted my previous comment when trying to edit, sorry for the double reply.

        Original reply:

        You think that the amount of land being dedicated to making food for livestock dwarfing the amount of land dedicated to feeding people is not a legitimate complaint?

        Edit: eyeballing it, we use twice as much land (and as a result, water, energy, etc used in the farming process) making food for livestock (ie, food for what will become food) as we do making food for us

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          •  apotheotic (she/her)   ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) 
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            There is a dedicated section for “pasture/range” which is the grazing space you’re talking about. I am not talking about that. I’m talking about the section for “livestock feed” which is crop growth.

            •  NSRXN   ( @nsrxn@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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              it’s not actually clear how much of that land is exclusively for growing animal feed, and how much of that land is being attributed to animal feed, which is also used for human food. for instance, a soybean is only about 20% oil. about that much is used by humans. The other 80% of the soybean is a byproduct of pressing for oil called soy cake. that soy cake is fed to livestock, but if it weren’t fed to livestock, it would be industrial waste. is 80% of soybean land use to grow food for livestock? no. 100% of it is used to grow food for people, and food for livestock. and we feed cottonseed to cattle, but cotton isn’t grown for cottonseed: it’s grown for textiles. is that land being attributed? I’ve read the article is carefully as I can, and it doesn’t seem to make this nuance at all.

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              •  apotheotic (she/her)   ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) 
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                All good, glad we smoothed that over :)

      •  apotheotic (she/her)   ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) 
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  •  PhilipTheBucket   ( @PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat ) 
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    “Wildfires” is a surprisingly large area. I wonder what the 2025 area for it is.

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    Get rid of livestock

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    I would love to flip the railroad usage and cow pasture usage.

    Also, mfs drinking too much corn syrup.

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      •  sinedpick   ( @sinedpick@awful.systems ) 
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        beautiful

    •  Ledericas   ( @Ledericas@lemm.ee ) 
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      theresa tiny part thats for maple syrup

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    So, if most people are going vegan, there would be much more space for other stuff, yes?

  •  MNByChoice   ( @MNByChoice@midwest.social ) 
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    Remember, not all land is the same. Some is too dry to grow human food. Some too wet. There are also other things that land is either too or not enough.

    •  chicken   ( @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      I bet we could still multiply output by a decent number by replacing meat production with directly edible crops, if there was a need for it

      •  MNByChoice   ( @MNByChoice@midwest.social ) 
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        It us wild that there is not a need. Distribution is (or was) the issue. Very sad humans refuse to feed others.

    •  Kazumara   ( @Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      Too cold or not enough warm.

  •  cyrano   ( @cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    TIL https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weyerhaeuser

  •  MisterScruffy   ( @MisterScruffy@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Can we put the 100 largest landowning families in Florida, then saw it off from the rest of the country?

    •  Ledericas   ( @Ledericas@lemm.ee ) 
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      no need to saw, when invasive species and the ocean is taking over. because florida loves to import all the illegal exotic animals, they got plenty reptiles, giant snails, giant rats. the latter 2 both carry nasty parasites.

      •  stray   ( @stray@pawb.social ) 
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        Shit, there are landlords in the snails?

      •  HipsterTenZero   ( @HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone ) 
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        Giant rats? I don’t believe they exist

  •  SplashJackson   ( @SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ) 
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    Where’s the amounts used strictly for cars?

    •  lattrommi   ( @lattrommi@lemmy.ml ) 
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      The black lines used for borders could be that. I’m not saying it is, just that it might be close to the amount used by roads other than rural highways.

  •  Rokin   ( @Rokin@lemm.ee ) 
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    Very interesting! Now do one for EU, please.

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