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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> The potato famine is not an example of the failure of a localized and
> diversified economy.

I only used it to show the vulnerability of relying on local food  
production. I happen to be a big advocate of local food production,  
but I think it is insane to rely on it and not have alternative  
supplies.
> Localization and isolationism are not the same thing.

That goes without saying.

>  To say
> homesteading, working toward maximum self-reliance and self-
> sufficiency, is impossible on a national scale is to imply it is also
> impossible on a global scale- if that is correct then there is no
> future for human-kind, for what is living on this planet in a
> sustainable manner if it is not 'homesteading' on a global scale?

Read my response to James.

How much land do you use? Now multiply "you" by ten, or a hundred.  
Still happy?

Earth has a carrying capacity.