I guess I don't google enough. I live in the middle of a desert. I live near a small stream in the middle of the desert. That small stream is dammed and diverted to irrigate, wait for it, alfalfa.
If we didn't grow alfalfa we would have a lot more water for people to drink. We could sustain more people. Then, instead of having a few thousand people live next to a little stream in the middle of the desert, we could have tens of thousands of people live next to a little stream in the middle of the desert.
No amount of googling explains to me why it is better to have more people near a small stream than it is to have more alfalfa near a small stream.
Imagine a small island that used the scarce land for agriculture. Would it be better to put more people on the island, or would it be better to grow food on the island? What if there were only a few people and they had large fields to grow food. Should they be forced to give up their land so more people could live on the island?
Why is it so important to fill the island with people?
If we didn't grow alfalfa we would have a lot more water for people to drink. We could sustain more people. Then, instead of having a few thousand people live next to a little stream in the middle of the desert, we could have tens of thousands of people live next to a little stream in the middle of the desert.
No amount of googling explains to me why it is better to have more people near a small stream than it is to have more alfalfa near a small stream.
Imagine a small island that used the scarce land for agriculture. Would it be better to put more people on the island, or would it be better to grow food on the island? What if there were only a few people and they had large fields to grow food. Should they be forced to give up their land so more people could live on the island?
Why is it so important to fill the island with people?