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Healthy soil is the hidden ingredient

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262 points gnabgib | 2 comments | 16 Apr 25 21:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.427s | source
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econ ◴[20 Apr 25 20:02 UTC] No.43746160[source]▶
Humans can figure out a lot given enough time. While all the hype for us is finance, management, machines, electronics and software etc it is not unthinkable a previous civilization went all in on soil. Terra Preta seems to be quite sophisticated.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta

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1. segmondy ◴[21 Apr 25 13:55 UTC] No.43752064[source]▶
Have we not gone all in on soil? Your CPU and GPU comes from the soil. The electrical batteries powering all your electronic device comes from the soil. Take a hard look around you, almost everything "artificial" you can see and touch came from the ground.
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2. steve_adams_86 ◴[21 Apr 25 14:28 UTC] No.43752412[source]▶
Lots of things come from the earth for sure, but I think soil is worth distinguishing from the sources of silicon wafers and lithium batteries.

Soil is a living, breathing, hospitable community of earth, fungi, insects, water, and countless other organisms. You can’t make silicon wafers from it, but it’s the cornerstone of entire ecosystems. It might be one of the most precious yet overlooked natural resources