Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years

From	jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
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Subject	Re: Not Good \| Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years
Date	2015-12-20 18:31 +0000
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jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years
>>>>
> http://www.climatecentral.org/news/earth-has-lost-a-third-of-arable-land-19785
>>>
>>>
>>>> The world has lost a third of its arable land due to erosion or
>>>> pollution in the past 40 years, with potentially disastrous
>>>> consequences as global demand for food soars, scientists have
>>>> warned.
>>>>
>>>> New research has calculated that nearly 33 percent of the world?s
>>>> adequate or high-quality food-producing land has been lost at a rate
>>>> that far outstrips the pace of natural processes to replace
>>>> diminished soil.
>>
>> Ever heard of fertilizer made from, gasp, fossil fuels?
>>
>> When in Korea I saw farmers growing crops on the same fields they had
>> been using for thousands of years.
>>
> What they used for fertilizer is being banned by the EPA forcing
> agriculture people to buy fertilizer.  Human waste can also be used
> but isn't in a lot of places.
> 
> /BAH

It is in many parts of Asia.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-19 10:00 -0600
  Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-19 16:50 +0000
    Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-12-20 14:29 +0000
      Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-20 18:31 +0000
        Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-12-21 13:57 +0000
  Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years chanB4 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-19 13:28 -0600
    sNELL\S GOD-AM LAw noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-12-19 15:21 -0800
  Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 09:29 -0800
    Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 11:01 -0800
    Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years chanB4 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-20 13:55 -0600
    Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-20 14:50 -0600
      Re: Not Good | Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-20 22:46 -0600

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