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codybevans t1_ir2ppd8 wrote

That wouldn’t really work. An acre of rice has something like 4 times the calories of an acre of wheat.

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jrad18 t1_ir3pvtw wrote

Yeah but that would be an interesting comparison, it would show an improvement in the effectiveness of land use

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ProfitsOfProphets t1_ir4b7ts wrote

But only on that singular dimension. It doesn't take into consideration soil fertilization depletion, carbon sequestration, etc.

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