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That depends in large part on whether a world population of 8B can be fed at the lower per-acre yields.

If the alternative is “everyone eats, but food is a little more expensive”, that’s OK. If the alternative is “billions live with insufficient food and 100s of millions die”, then I think the balance of the risk equation shifts.




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