Or just pull the fuck over.

The limiting factor in growing crops is hours of sunlight moreso than temperature.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

We need to get the bankers in touch with the physicists. With any luck, the principles of zero-point energy are analogous to the bankers' zero-point cash

4.5tn barrels of oil at a 1.8% growth rate works out to 73 years of oil left. If we harvest every last drop.

There are the tar sands in Canada that hold an immense amount of oil.

Not as much as you'd think. I ran the numbers.

3.3tn barrels of oil, at 2:1 EROEI works out to 1.65tn net barrels of oil. This is more than has ever been extracted in all of human history. And yet, at our current rate of use (30bn/yr) and growth (1.8%), we'll be out in 37 years. If it were ten times as much oil, it would still only last us just over 100 years.

Somebody doesn't understand how ridiculous the terms "unlimited" and "exponential growth" are when taken together.

The cake is no better than a correctly prepared Betty Crocker mix

There exists no such thing. FFS, stop putting crap into your body. It's not that hard to mix flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, sugar, eggs, and milk.

I don't. I grow as much as possible, which accounts for perhaps 5% of my wife and my food intake. We're expanding next year (roof, and another tier of raised bed). Maybe we'll get to 10%.

It scales great for all sorts of tasks that millions do in America. It's okay if it doesn't work for yours. My intent was to exhort others to figure out what they can do, and do it.

FWIW, all the numbers around cycling indicate it's no more dangerous than driving an SUV, and significantly less dangerous for everyone else. If you include the health benefits (for every one person who gets killed by a car, several people silently don't die of heart disease), it's comes out ahead.