The effects of fossil fuels on agriculture
3
The effects of fossil fuels on agriculture
Overview
The Basics
How fossil fuels made big impact in agriculture and our lives by make it more efficient and easier to arrive at our kitchen form the farm
The major effects
The Cause
Some of the positive effects are more efficient harvesting, fresh food, and less people needed.
Some of the negative effects are that we rely on fossil fuels and it also makes up 10 percent co2 emissions with almost 700 million tons of co2 is released in atmosphere due to agriculture
The reason for these effects
The Effect
One is that technology has gotten better over the years that now we have huge machinery, fertilizers, better transport, and pesticides
Fertilizers have increase the harvest by 40 to 60 % more.
With out pesticides 50 to 77 of crops would have thrown away and with pesticides it had shorten it down to only 22 to 40 of losses.
Whats the difference?
SOLUTION
The Solution
LET'S FIX IT!
Let's Fix It
SPREAD THE WORLD
Spread the World
https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/82194/err-224.pdf https://lifepowered.org/benefits-of-fossil-fuels-for-agricultural-production/ https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/natural-resources-environment/climate-change/#:~:text=However%2C%20the%20emissions%20profile%20for,51.4%20percent%20as%20nitrous%20oxide.