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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say agriculture made us a super power before fossil fuels, but even then, humans were wiping out other species during the hunter/gatherer phase. (Not a lot of giant sloths around any more...)

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Um, do you think we could feed 8 billion people without massive fossil fuel inputs?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

So you think the species only became a "super power" because it hit 8 billion individuals? If so, then I've got some e coli cultures that would bring humanity to it's knees.