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  Um?

  Did you even read the article? What on earth does global climate change have to do with lead?On U.S. EPA to tighten standard for airborne lead posted 1 year, 6 months ago 8 Responses

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  High Tech

  I wonder if we are being unusually silly here. Is there anything to say that the Ultra High Tech lifestyle of Unlimited Energy is a good idea? No one has demonstrated this to me yet. So far this umwelt has fragmented society and our environment to the point where both might be on the brink of collapse.

  Perhaps it might be time to set aside some of our toys and learn to live more simply. If renewable energy sources won't supply our current baseload, well then why can't we reduce our baseload? Is the human condition so dependent on plasma TV's?

  If you continue to do what you've always done you'll continue to get what you've always got. - Yogi Berra

  On Existing technology is faster and far more practical than hypothetical new inventions posted 1 year, 6 months ago 22 Responses

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  Woah...

  Don't really know what to say here... lots of ad hominem attacks going on and it's making it difficult to sort out the relevance of your points. Whoosh.

  In any event, I have empirically tested multicultured organic farm productivity vs. monoculture productivity and found them comparable on a per acre basis. Of course the organic farm required much more hand labor because we used compost and hand harvesting instead of artificial sprayed fertilizers and harvesters.

  My point is that artificial fertilizers are really only necessary if you follow the agribusiness farming model.

  Ahh well, you kids have fun! ;)On Nitrogen fertilizer is in short supply posted 1 year, 6 months ago 53 Responses

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  Addicts

  I've heard that alcholics will drink mouthwash if they get desperate enough for a fix.

  Are automobilers like this? That we'll seriously consider opening up for catastrophe one of the last pristine places on earth for a few more drops of oil?On President Bush stumps for ANWR drilling and dirty-energy expansion posted 1 year, 6 months ago 8 Responses

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  What proof?

  It's simple. Show me a net surplus of fuel from a county who's ag machines run on biofuels and I'll believe that biofuels will have a positive effect on reducing the consumption of petrol.

  However, with increased ag production currently meaning an increase in diesel powered ag machines, I have a hard time swallowing the double talk that "biofuels aren't inflating prices... oil is." Isn't agriculture the number one user of fuel in the U.S.?On Food prices are high, and so are Big Ag's profits posted 1 year, 6 months ago 6 Responses