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> If we were to convert to cultured meat and milk, we could stop most deforestation and let most of that 40% of land mass revert to native forest and prairie

Or, due to human/life nature, human population will grow even larger and take up that space too :(

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Urbanization has been the trend for decades. With most farming obsolete, it would probably accelerate.

Not only do we take less space that way, but urban populations tend to have lower birth rates.

Urbanization isn't all fine and dandy. In fact, I really don't like living in high density housing at all. I start getting itchy way before we reach high density. Why is it so important to use less space?

I like using more space per person but having less people. Does away almost magically with many issues we see in high density urban areas. I'm not saying we should all live on a farm. Just don't cram thousands of people into a high rise and then build one high rise next to the other for miles.

"Oh, great; now we can support an additional 5 billion people!"

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