"**Between 1900 and the year 2000, the global population increased less than fourfold** (3.7 times to be exact) while **farmland grew by about 40 percent**, but my calculations show that anthropogenic energy subsidies in agriculture increased 90-fold, led by energy embedded in agrochemicals and in fuels directly consumed by machinery." ([Location 1338](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=1338)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[data-analytics]], [[demographics]], [[economics]], [[liquid-fuels]], **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]