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To: DallasBiff

Before ICE and hydrocarbon fuels: 90% of Americans lived on farms to feed the nation.

After ICE and hydrocarbon fuels: 2% of Americans live on farms to feed the nation.

Has any other industry seen such an explosion in productivity after the invention of internal combustion engines as agriculture?


3 posted on 09/22/2023 2:12:19 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

LOTS of industries. But yes, the farming industry (and shift to industrial - also influenced hugely by fuel) is probably the biggest one in terms of social and economic impact in the USA.


4 posted on 09/22/2023 2:32:34 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Mining?


13 posted on 09/22/2023 5:36:34 PM PDT by MachIV
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