Europe | Post-peak mechanized agriculture: the RAMSES project

Today, agriculture in the industrialized world is a task for a minuscule fraction of the workforce; people whose job is to operate heavy machinery powered by fossil fuels. But, with peak oil arriving, or perhaps already arrived, we are going to see big changes. In itself, mechanization does not affect agricultural yields, but higher costs of fossil fuels are already affecting food prices. And, without power from mechanical engines, farming would have to go ... Full Story »