Graduation Year
Spring 2012
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Environmental Analysis
Second Department
Mathematics
Reader 1
Richard Hazlett
Reader 2
Jennifer Perry
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© 2011 Keith McHugh
Abstract
This thesis uses an efficiency analysis of agricultural systems to assert that, in lieu of rising prices of fossil fuel, people need to come into more direct contact with their food systems. With a switch to smaller, more efficient farms that rely less on fossil fuel and are connected with the communities they supply for, we can avoid an energy crisis turning into a famine. These smaller-scale systems can help create self-contained, carbon-neutral communities.
Recommended Citation
McHugh, Keith, "Agricultural Efficiency and the End of the Oil Age; Building a Future of Longevity" (2012). Pomona Senior Theses. 47.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/47
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Commons, Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Sustainability Commons
Comments
Senior thesis submitted in December 2011.