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...increments in production have been smaller despite the continuing growth in energy use. It is likely that further increases in food production from increasing...energy inputs will be harder and harder to come by. Of course, a major change in the food system could change things, but the argument advanced by the...

...increments in production have been smaller despite the continuing growth in energy use. It is likely that further increases in food production from increasing...energy inputs will be harder and harder to come by. Of course, a major change in the food system could change things, but the argument advanced by the...

...increments in production have been smaller despite the continuing growth in energy use. It is likely that further increases in food production from increasing...energy inputs will be harder and harder to come by. Of course, a major change in the food system could change things, but the argument advanced by the...

...•) FIGURE 2. Farm output as a function of energy input to the US food system, 1920 through 1970. in food production from increasing energy inputs will be harder and harder to come by. Of course, a major change in the food system could change things, but the argument advanced by the...

...• } FIGURE 2. Farm output as a function of energy input to the US food system, 1920 through 1970. in food production from increasing energy inputs will be harder and harder to come bv. Of course, a major change in the food system could change things, but the argument advanced by...

...energy input in the US food system, the resulting curve is similar to most growth curves and suggests that further increases in food production from increasing energy inputs will be harder and harder to achieve and less and less efficient. The labor input to agriculture will decrease in the future only...