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<blockquote data-quote="Pennine Ploughing" data-source="post: 7772883" data-attributes="member: 999"><p>Now then just how would we feed the UK population by being self sufficient ?</p><p>1 poster said we waste 40%, and if that stopped we would not need import anything,</p><p> I think the figures are more like we cannot even produce 40% without imports.</p><p>Yes we may be able to do without avcardo or bananas and the likes, or produce then by other mean at home.</p><p>But what about our inputs, ie, fertiliser, sprays, labour, machinery, wheat for bread, soya, maize, pk etc for animal feed, fuel, the vehicles you use, the list goes on and on.</p><p>The inputs to account for all that is needed to produce home food, if imports where stopped I bet the figures are sub 40% at best.</p><p>You only need look at your profit/ loss account to understand that, as expenditure is another word for imports, and a business that would be truly self sufficient would have no expenditure, just like the UK, we need to import goods to survive.</p><p>But don't let the facts get in the way of a good story</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pennine Ploughing, post: 7772883, member: 999"] Now then just how would we feed the UK population by being self sufficient ? 1 poster said we waste 40%, and if that stopped we would not need import anything, I think the figures are more like we cannot even produce 40% without imports. Yes we may be able to do without avcardo or bananas and the likes, or produce then by other mean at home. But what about our inputs, ie, fertiliser, sprays, labour, machinery, wheat for bread, soya, maize, pk etc for animal feed, fuel, the vehicles you use, the list goes on and on. The inputs to account for all that is needed to produce home food, if imports where stopped I bet the figures are sub 40% at best. You only need look at your profit/ loss account to understand that, as expenditure is another word for imports, and a business that would be truly self sufficient would have no expenditure, just like the UK, we need to import goods to survive. But don't let the facts get in the way of a good story [/QUOTE]
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