Farming


Human Civilization


& "Metabolic Rift"


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CATEGORIES LEGEND:
n2->natural & exhaustable p4->MASTER BEYOND HUMAN OR CULTURE (eg "global warming") o3->undesirable outcome (eg "export oriented monoculture") n1->natural & given NATURAL RESOURCES->n2 NATURAL RESOURCES->n1 OUTCOMES->o3 OUTCOMES->o1 OUTCOMES->o2 o1->MAIN OUTCOME (eg "crops") o2->"normal" outcome (eg "dairy") p3->BAD-ISH HUMAN PROCESS (eg "burning oil") p2->HUMAN PROCESS - CIV (eg "fertilization") PROCESS->p4 PROCESS->p3 PROCESS->p2 PROCESS->p1 p1->HUMAN PROCESS - NEED (eg "subsistence") n2 n 2 natural & exhaustable natural & exhaustable p4 p 4 MASTER BEYOND HUMAN OR CULTURE (eg "global warming") MASTER BEYOND HUMAN OR CULTURE (eg "global warming") o3 o3 undesirable outcome (eg "export oriented monoculture") undesirable outcome (eg "export oriented monoculture") n1 n1 natural & given natural & given NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES OUTCOMES OUTCOMES o1 o1 o2 o2 "normal" outcome (eg "dairy") "normal" outcome (eg "dairy") p3 p3 BAD-ISH HUMAN PROCESS (eg "burning oil") BAD-ISH HUMAN PROCESS (eg "burning oil") MAIN OUTCOME (eg "crops") MAIN OUTCOME (eg "crops") p2 p2 HUMAN PROCESS - CIV (eg "fertilization") HUMAN PROCESS - CIV (eg "fertilization") PROCESS PROCESS p1 p1 HUMAN PROCESS - NEED (eg "subsistence") HUMAN PROCESS - NEED (eg "subsistence")




Sensible starting point: Primary Nature or Chemical Fertilizers.


pasture->A1- grazing pasture->B1- on estate A1- grazing->Biological Animal Agriculture Industrial Process->Chemical Fertilizers Chemical Fertilizers->fertilisation Electricity->N (nitrogen) N (nitrogen)->Chemical Fertilizers Air->N (nitrogen) export-oriented monocultures->B3- imported export-oriented monocultures->Food Food->Subsistence Coal->Electricity Hydro->Electricity Mining->Coal Mining->Coal Mining->Rare Earths Mining->Phosphate Mines Mining->Oil Extraction Mining->Potash Mines Mining->Uranium Wind->Electricity animal feed->Animal Agriculture animal feed->FODDER (GRASS) animal feed->CULTURED FOODSTUFF Animal Agriculture->(secondary animal products) Animal Agriculture->meat Animal Agriculture->manure 20-50% Animal Agriculture->dairy Animal Agriculture->WARMING 10% methane (secondary animal products)->Animal agriculture products Ecological Activism->PROTECTED PRIMARY NATURE Human Expansion->industrial land clearing Human Expansion->Architecture Human Expansion->Construction Guano->fertilisation fertilisation->Soil Rare Earths->Wind Rare Earths->Solar Rare Earths->Nuclear Solar->Electricity Nuclear->Electricity Nuclear->huge costs Nuclear->Nuclear Waste Water->Hydro Water->Animal Agriculture Water->crops crops->Food crops->animal feed meat->Food meat->Animal agriculture products agricultural machine work->B1- on estate agricultural machine work->B3- imported agricultural machine work->A2- silage agricultural machine work->B2- regional manure->fertilisation dairy->Animal agriculture products Phosphate Mines->P (phosphorus) P (phosphorus)->Chemical Fertilizers Oil Extraction->Oil Oil->Electricity Oil->Solar Oil->BURNING OIL Biological Animal Agriculture->(Scarce Production) Biological Animal Agriculture->bio meat Biological Animal Agriculture->bio dairy Biological Animal Agriculture->bio products Sun->Solar Sun->crops BURNING OIL->WARMING BURNING OIL->Subsistence BURNING OIL->MACHINE-WORK Subsistence->Food Subsistence->Civilization Subsistence->Architecture Subsistence->LABOUR Natural Water Bodies->irrigation irrigation->Water Primary Forests->slash and burn slash and burn->pasture slash and burn->export-oriented monocultures huge costs->Civilization Civilization->pasture Civilization->Animal agriculture products Civilization->BURNING OIL Soil->crops Soil->(nutrients) Soil->(micro-nutrients) Potash Mines->K (potassium) K (potassium)->Chemical Fertilizers Rain->Water Uranium->Nuclear wild food->Food wild food->mushrooms wild food->forest and grass foraging wild food->hunting natural environment destruction->Hydro natural environment destruction->Human Expansion natural environment destruction->industrial land clearing natural environment destruction->Oil Extraction natural environment destruction->slash and burn (PRIMARY NATURE)->PROTECTED PRIMARY NATURE (PRIMARY NATURE)->Natural Water Bodies (PRIMARY NATURE)->Primary Forests (PRIMARY NATURE)->natural environment destruction MACHINE-WORK->agricultural machine work MACHINE-WORK->BURNING OIL MACHINE-WORK->Construction MACHINE-WORK->Transport MACHINE-WORK->industrial tilling->Soil tilling->no-till tilling->shallow till tilling->deep till crop rotation->Soil FODDER (GRASS)->A1- grazing FODDER (GRASS)->A2- silage CULTURED FOODSTUFF->B1- on estate CULTURED FOODSTUFF->B3- imported CULTURED FOODSTUFF->B2- regional pasture pasture A1- grazing A1- grazing B1- on estate B1- on estate Industrial Process Industrial Process Chemical Fertilizers C h e m i c a l F e r t i l i z e r s Electricity Electricity N (nitrogen) N (nitrogen) Air Air export-oriented monocultures export-oriented monocultures B3- imported B3- imported Food Food Coal Coal Hydro Hydro Mining Mining Wind Wind animal feed animal feed Animal Agriculture Animal Agriculture (secondary animal products) (secondary animal products) Animal agriculture products Animal agriculture products Ecological Activism Ecological Activism PROTECTED PRIMARY NATURE PROTECTED PRIMARY NATURE Human Expansion Human Expansion industrial land clearing industrial land clearing Guano G u a n o fertilisation fertilisation Rare Earths Rare Earths Solar Solar Nuclear Nuclear Water Water crops crops meat meat agricultural machine work agricultural machine work A2- silage A2- silage B2- regional B2- regional manure manure dairy dairy WARMING W A R M I N G Phosphate Mines P h o s p h a t e M i n e s P (phosphorus) P ( p h o s p h o r u s ) Oil Extraction Oil Extraction Oil Oil Biological Animal Agriculture Biological Animal Agriculture (Scarce Production) (Scarce Production) Sun Sun BURNING OIL BURNING OIL Subsistence Subsistence Natural Water Bodies N a t u r a l W a t e r B o d i e s irrigation irrigation Primary Forests Primary Forests slash and burn slash and burn huge costs huge costs Civilization Civilization Soil Soil Potash Mines P o t a s h M i n e s K (potassium) K (potassium) Rain Rain Uranium Uranium wild food wild food natural environment destruction natural environment destruction Nuclear Waste Nuclear Waste (PRIMARY NATURE) ( P R I M A R Y N A T U R E ) MACHINE-WORK MACHINE-WORK Architecture Architecture LABOUR LABOUR tilling tilling Construction Construction crop rotation crop rotation FODDER (GRASS) FODDER (GRASS) CULTURED FOODSTUFF CULTURED FOODSTUFF no-till no-till shallow till shallow till deep till deep till bio meat bio meat bio dairy bio dairy bio products bio products mushrooms mushrooms forest and grass foraging forest and grass foraging hunting hunting (nutrients) ( n u t r i e n t s ) (micro-nutrients) ( m i c r o - n u t r i e n t s ) Transport Transport industrial industrial wolves wolves


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