by Steve <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Dec 31, 2005 at 11:43 PM
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> "Steve" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>Pooh Bear wrote:
>>
>>
>>>EatMe wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>>With all due respect I would like to know where the fertilizer comes
>>>
>>>>from that grows the corn? Isn't it a petrochemical based product?
>>>
>>>
>>>Are you suggesting that *fertiliser* is what the plant actually
consumes
>>>to grow ?
>>>I suggest you learn something about how plants grow. They existed
before
>>>fertiliser you know !
>>
>>Getting crop yields anywhere NEAR high enough to feed the world
>>population with existing cropland (let alone have leftovers for
>>biofuels!) ABSOLUTELY REQUIRES artificial fertilization, whether by
>>petroleum-derived fertilizers or mined deposits of nitrates (eg bat
>>guano). Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional.
>
>
> This is only true if your talking the kinds of foods that people are
used
> to eating (ie: wheat for example) And if your including all the food
that
> needs to be grown to feed cattle to produce beef.
No, I'm just talking about basic mass for proper nutrition. Nevermind
the form.
