Energy use and the sustainability of intensifying food production

John R. Schramski (), C. Brock Woodson and James H. Brown
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John R. Schramski: University of Georgia
C. Brock Woodson: University of Georgia
James H. Brown: University of New Mexico

Nature Sustainability, 2020, vol. 3, issue 4, 257-259

Abstract: Energy fuels, and is central to, all physical and biological systems, including the human population and economy. Yet science has missed the significance of civilization’s growing energy consumption. The energetics of the global food system illustrate the counterintuitive aspects of present energy consumption circumstances.

Date: 2020
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