Fun fact: Fritz Haber, the German guy that invented the Haber-Bosch process is the same Fritz Haber that developed a way to use the chlorine gas in chemical warfare. He was personally overseeing its effect in the battle of Ypres.

Thank you for explaining the process, because the pro-fuel-cell pact doesn't understand that hydrogen isn't free and production is still heavily reliant on fossil fuels.

"Oh it comes from ammonia". Alright, where does the ammonia come from???

You're just moving the problem around, not fixing anything.

Hey. I quite like Canadians.

Don't forget Israel.

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

As someone who has been trying to grow tomatoes in containers for about 10 years, I can confirm that it really is difficult. It took me about 5 years to achieve fairly consistent results and get the hang of properly amending the soil, planting correctly, watering, pruning etc. And I still have years where the production is really low, largely due to fungal diseases.

Bro my cacti died. Both of them.

The best is community roles in a collective. If you try to do everything yourself you’ll fail but in specializing you’ll succeed. For produce, one neighbor specializes in tomatoes, the other cucumber, the other onions, etc etc.. that’s how human society survived in tough times and that’s actually as a species how we’re supposed to operate. As a community. Another reason why everyone is so dang lonely and depressed. Anyways, I digress..

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As if you'd need to ask that question...

I have a copy of this little pamphlet called Fugitive Gardens, which is all about gardening in small spaces, such as a fire escape.

You bought land, right? Right!?

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Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses.

Exactly. The Swedish government or something did some study recently to determine if we'd be able to be self-sufficient under a longer time if we needed to be, as we currently have a lot of food imports. The conclusion was "yes, but there won't be as much food diversity".

However, they completely ignored the fact that we only have a ~90 days strategic reserve of oil, and that basically all the machining used for farming runs on diesel. And there's currently no goals to change that.

If we can't import or refine diesel anymore, we will starve.

It would be a hell of a lot more sustainable if we ended animal agriculture.

It's spring in most of the northern hemisphere and therefore the next months are the best time to start a garden. Yes, chances are that you won't feed your family from it. But it's fun, it is a great way to get fresh food and if you have the option to do it, you should

just a reminder that none of us can sufficiently "doom prep" and avoid the consequences of large catastrophes like those being discussed

beyond typical disaster preparedness: https://www.ready.gov/

probably the best thing would be to develop community ties - get to know your local weirdo farmers doing a CSA, make friends with EMTs, get to know your neighbors, get connected with a local community garden, etc.

We will survive or die together, individual prepping is not going to save you.

Prepping gets a bad rap from the crazy people building bunkers and zombie traps that people saw on reality tv.

I look at what my grandparents had. They had a nice garden and canned quite a bit of stuff. They had tools and enough stuff on hand to do basic maintenance and repairs on roofs, plumbing and cars. They sewed quilts and baked their own bread regularly. They had enough cash saved to make sudden purchases for anything else. They had a shotgun for emergencies.

That doesn't sound crazy or paranoid, but resilient. I know most people can't do all of that but it would be nice to get closer to the mindset that governments and companies are nice but may not always be able or willing to help you.

Ireland was exporting food during the potato famine.

Don’t assume your food won’t continue to be sold overseas if the growers/wholesalers can make more money that way.

I mean, you exported 90% of your agricultural produce back then, too.

Also, groundhogs will fuck up your garden, and they dig tunnels and climb fences. You have to basically build a big cage around your garden, floor included.