Eating Fossil Fuels: Oil, Food And The Coming Crisis In Agriculture
by Dale Allen Pfeiffer /
2006 / English / PDF
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The miracle of the Green Revolution was made possible by cheap fossil fuels to supply crops with artificial fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation. Estimates of the net energy balance of agriculture in the United States show that ten calories of hydrocarbon energy are required to produce one calorie of food.
