Being unfit for human consumption is actually a feature not a draw back. We need to trigger growth and get humans off the sand so that nature can do her thing.
I met someone once who after sinking tons of his own money into projects argued you need poop and some kind of toxins to keep people and their goats away for at least 30-50 years. His experience was that people destroying everything scales much faster than constructive effort. You turn your back and everything is gone.
Of course something is to be said for economically viable greening but if you just want to restore nature you should aim to do just that.
I don't have the numbers here but I found calculating how many large trees you need to sustain 1 human vs how much electrolysis it would take pretty mind boggling.
I met someone once who after sinking tons of his own money into projects argued you need poop and some kind of toxins to keep people and their goats away for at least 30-50 years. His experience was that people destroying everything scales much faster than constructive effort. You turn your back and everything is gone.
Of course something is to be said for economically viable greening but if you just want to restore nature you should aim to do just that.
I don't have the numbers here but I found calculating how many large trees you need to sustain 1 human vs how much electrolysis it would take pretty mind boggling.