Could
the arable land where malls sit upon be rehabilitated to make way for food production?
Another swindle concerns the amount of
arable land where such schemes could possibly be carried out.
When Greenland was settled in about 1000 AD, there obviously was
arable land where now there's ice, etc..
Not exact matches
Even in China
where land is vast, official figures in 2014 have indicated that more than 40 percent of
arable land in China has already been degraded.
Indeed, it is the problem of China,
where a fifth of the
arable land has been tainted by the production and demolition of electronics.
If it was a matter of choice, I think the nearer to sun is better than further from the sun, mainly because
where continental
land mass are currently located - we would get more
arable land.
You are unable to demonstrate based on empirical data that these temperatures will be harmful — and there are some indications that a slightly warmer temperature (especially in the higher latitudes,
where GH warming is supposed to oiccur) will increase
arable land surface across N. America, and Eurasia, lengthen growing seasons and result in higher overall crop yields.
Then think about
where the hell the USA is going to be when virtually all of our currently
arable land is dust - bowl dry in the typical year.
To take just one fairly representative example, in the classic Rothampstead experiments in England
where arable land was allowed to revert to deciduous temperate woodland, soil organic carbon increased 300 - 400 % from around 20 t / ha to 60 - 80 t / ha (or about 20 - 40 tons per acre) in less than a century (Jenkinson & Rayner 1977).