Two aphorisms about petroleum oil. And something about the decline of farms in the US
"According to the Farm Bureau, the U.S. actually lost more than 140,000 farms during one recent five year period…
"Between 2017 and 2022, the number of farms in the U.S. declined by 141,733 or 7%, according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, released on Feb. 13. Acres operated by farm operations during the same timeframe declined by 20.1 million (2.2%), a loss equivalent to an area about the size of Maine." "