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minus-squareQuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoasking with no experience in this field, what about those 50+ year old glass jars with worms and plants and stuff in them? Do those not count for some reason?
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoThey work, but there are no humans inside them.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 day agobiologically, humans aren’t that special. if you can reliably sustain insects in an ecosystem, it’s not that big of a jump to feed humans as well.
minus-squareTinidril@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoEarth is pretty much just a big one. Jury is still out on our ability to maintain it.
asking with no experience in this field, what about those 50+ year old glass jars with worms and plants and stuff in them? Do those not count for some reason?
They work, but there are no humans inside them.
biologically, humans aren’t that special. if you can reliably sustain insects in an ecosystem, it’s not that big of a jump to feed humans as well.
Earth is pretty much just a big one. Jury is still out on our ability to maintain it.