• OpenStars@discuss.online
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    3 days ago

    So after we kill off all the bees then… not all of the flowers will die, is one conclusion we can take from this? :-|

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        3 days ago

        According to some time travelers (allusion to HG Wells The Time Machine), we’ll simply start eating humans.

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      3 days ago

      Well, the problem then is that we’re not only killing off all the bees but also other pollinators. Although, many plant species are also wind-pollinated and/or wind-dispersed. But good luck feeding all human life with this small selection of species only…

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        2 days ago

        We will have to make meat based plant alternatives.

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          1 day ago

          Meat is so energy inefficient that it would never be enough to feed everyone. And the scale of meat production would have to be so huge that we help on climate change quite a bit as well…