"Modern food production, be it field cultivation of crops or the capture of wild marine species, is a peculiar hybrid dependent on two different kinds of energy. The first, and most obvious, is the Sun. But we also need the now indispensable input of fossil fuels, and the electricity produced and generated by humans." ([Location 1020](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=1020)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[energy-consumption]], [[food-production]], [[systems-thinking]], **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]