Re: [Biofuel] Magic Compost Enhancer
robert and benita rabello wrote: Indeed! And they need technology to separate urine? Grief! A plastic jugg next to the toilet will do. This saves water, and my maize plants are SO much happier . . . robert luis rabello In the event Law enforcement ever sees your urine collection, you may be a terrorist suspect or suspect of operating a meth lab. Urine can be processed to extract potassium nitrate. Volume 5 of the Foxfire book series details how it was done in the old days for use in manufacturing black powder. apearently the urine from met users is processed to recover ephedrine Doug, N0LKK Kansas USA inc. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] biofuel specific?
Another member mention filters/message rules, that's how manage the volume of email I elected to receive. I use the filters to direct new email from each list into it's own folder. That way the email in my inbox are the ones that may really need my attention. When I turn my attention to the specialized folders, I may elect to delete all the new posts there based on the subject lines or read those of interest. After you get used to using the filters you will discover how to refine the further. Doug, N0LKK Kansas USA inc. Kurt Schasker wrote: Biofuelers: I have been lurking on this list for awhile, but never actually participated. I am wondering if there is some way I could filter the posts to read only those that directly related to biofuel issues? ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] biofuel specific?
Kurt, I have to agree with Mike, that it is your email account. I would not be able to manage it in Hotmail, since it is terrible, and has the worst user interface I've ever used for email. I use Gmail, which works great with filters and spam protection, and most importantly, organizes posts into conversations/threads, which increases the time it takes to follow certain threads and ignore others. You could also use Mozilla's Thunderbird client if you are not on Linux. In other words, before you change what is incoming to your mailbox, maybe you should try a couple of different ways of receiving and processing the information. On 7/11/07, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you switch to a linux-based email system you could use procmail to filter the messages for you...otherwise I am sure you can set up filters in Microsoft Outhouse er, Outlook and numerous other clients... -Weaver -- Thanks, PC He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Magic Compost Enhancer
Foxfire. Used to be my bible - are they still around? -Weaver Doug Younker wrote: robert and benita rabello wrote: Indeed! And they need technology to separate urine? Grief! A plastic jugg next to the toilet will do. This saves water, and my maize plants are SO much happier . . . robert luis rabello In the event Law enforcement ever sees your urine collection, you may be a terrorist suspect or suspect of operating a meth lab. Urine can be processed to extract potassium nitrate. Volume 5 of the Foxfire book series details how it was done in the old days for use in manufacturing black powder. apearently the urine from met users is processed to recover ephedrine Doug, N0LKK Kansas USA inc. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Organic Farming Yields as Good or Better - Study
See: http://journeytoforever.org/garden_organiccase.html The case for organics - http://www.planetark.com/avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=43040 Organic Farming Yields as Good or Better - Study WASHINGTON - Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming in developing countries, and holds its own against standard methods in rich countries, US researchers said on Tuesday. They said their findings contradict arguments that organic farming -- which excludes the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides -- is not as efficient as conventional techniques. My hope is that we can finally put a nail in the coffin of the idea that you can't produce enough food through organic agriculture, Ivette Perfecto, a professor at the University of Michigan's school of Natural Resources and Environment, said in a statement. She and colleagues analyzed published studies on yields from organic farming. They looked at 293 different examples. Model estimates indicate that organic methods could produce enough food on a global per capita basis to sustain the current human population, and potentially an even larger population, without increasing the agricultural land base, they wrote in their report, published in the journal Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. We were struck by how much food the organic farmers would produce, Perfecto said. Corporate interest in agriculture and the way agriculture research has been conducted in land grant institutions, with a lot of influence by the chemical companies and pesticide companies as well as fertilizer companies, all have been playing an important role in convincing the public that you need to have these inputs to produce food, she added. Story Date: 11/7/2007 Subscription: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=RAFvolumeId=22; issueId=02 Cambridge Journals Online - Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems Vol. 22 Iss. 02 Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems Formerly American Journal of Alternative Agriculture Volume 22 - Issue 02 Can organic agriculture feed the world? Catherine Badgley and Ivette Perfecto Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, Volume 22, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 80-86 Published online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2007 Organic agriculture and the global food supply Catherine Badgley, Jeremy Moghtader, Eileen Quintero, Emily Zakem, M. Jahi Chappell, Katia Avilés-Vázquez, Andrea Samulon and Ivette Perfecto Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, Volume 22, Issue 02, June 2007, pp 86-108 Published online by Cambridge University Press 04 Jul 2007 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] biofuel specific?
Another member mention filters/message rules, that's how manage the volume of email I elected to receive. I use the filters to direct new email from each list into it's own folder. That way the email in my inbox are the ones that may really need my attention. When I turn my attention to the specialized folders, I may elect to delete all the new posts there based on the subject lines or read those of interest. After you get used to using the filters you will discover how to refine the further. Doug, N0LKK Kansas USA inc. Why delete? There's little or no advantage to it and you lose a lot. See: http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg21651.html Deleting - Re: [biofuel] Politics and Biofuels Best Keith Kurt Schasker wrote: Biofuelers: I have been lurking on this list for awhile, but never actually participated. I am wondering if there is some way I could filter the posts to read only those that directly related to biofuel issues? ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Scientists Estimate That Pesticides are Reducing Crop Yields by ONE-THIRD
http://www.organic-center.org/science.hot.php?action=viewreport_id=99 The Organic Center :: State of Science :: Hot Science Scientists Estimate That Pesticides are Reducing Crop Yields by ONE-THIRD Through Impaired Nitrogen Fixation The Organic Center, 7/10/2007 Over the last forty years nitrogen fertilizer use has increased seven-fold and nearly every acre of intensively farmed, conventional cropland is treated with pesticides. A team of scientists explored the impact of pesticides and other environmental toxicants on symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) brought about by Rhizobium bacteria (Fox et al., 2007). Their findings were published June 12, 2007 in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (read full study here). http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/104/24/10282 The team describes the critical role played by SNF in supporting crop yields and environmental quality. SNF has great potential to reduce farm production costs - a factor of growing importance as rising natural gas prices push upward the cost of nitrogen fertilizers. In Brazil, SNF from soybeans reduces production costs an estimated $1.3 billion per year. The research by Fox et al. (2007) explored in depth the signaling processes between plants and bacteria colonizing plant roots - processes that govern the degree of SNF and the production of certain phytochemicals. They focused on the ways that pesticides can disrupt signaling and impair the efficiency of SNF. Some 30 pesticides are known to disrupt SNF; the most widely used pesticide in the United States, glyphosate (Roundup) is known to be toxic to nitrogen fixing bacteria. The Conclusions?? section of the paper begins by stating: The results of this study demonstrate that one of the environmental impacts of pesticides and contaminants in the soil environment is disruption of chemical signaling between the host plants and N-fixing Rhiz(obia) necessary for efficient SNF and optimal plant yield.?? Drawing on their recent work and other published studies, the team projected that pesticides and other contaminants are reducing plant yield by one-third as a result of impaired SNF. This remarkable conclusion suggests one mechanism, or explanation of the yield-enhancing benefits of well-managed, long-term organic farming systems. Source: Pesticides reduce symbiotic efficiency of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and host plants?? Authors: Jennifer E. Fox, Jay Gulledge, Erika Engelhaupt, Matthew E. Burrow, and John A. McLachlan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 104, No. 24, June 12, 2007. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Magic Compost Enhancer
So, when I pee in my compost pile, it's a good thing On 7/12/07, Paul S Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They've discovered our secret! Urine Offers Rich Phosphorus Source http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/10/urine_pla.html?category=earth July 10, 2007 — Recycling urine may be the answer to a looming global shortage of phosphorus, according to an Australian researcher. Associate Professor Cynthia Mitchell, of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), said the world's deposits of phosphorus are due to run out in about 50 years. She believes recycling the 132 gallons (500 liters) of urine each person produces a year is the solution. Urine is the most concentrated source of phosphorus, she said. At the moment we dilute that through our sewage system and send it out to the ocean. In the industrialized world we must start moving to a resource-recovery approach rather than the current waste-treatment approach. Phosphorus is a key component in agricultural fertilizers and a lack of phosphorus would affect future soil quality and production. But Mitchell blames a 'poo taboo' for the failure of governments to move on the issue of recycling urine. In a public lecture at UTS later this week, Mitchell will call for a revolution in sanitation across Australia. She said technology that allows urine to be separated in the home is already being used in Sweden. All new homes in the local council of Tanum are required to have urine-separation toilets. -- Thanks, PC He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ -- Zeke Yewdall Chief Electrical Engineer Sunflower Solar, A NewPoint Energy Company Cell: 720.352.2508 Office: 303.459.0177 FAX documents to: 720.269.1240 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cosunflower.com CoSEIA Certified Certified BP Solar Installer National Association of Home Builders Quotable Quote In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter, war spreading, families dying, the world in danger, I walk the rocky hillside sowing clover. Wendell Berry ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Magic Compost Enhancer
Doug Younker wrote: In the event Law enforcement ever sees your urine collection, you may be a terrorist suspect or suspect of operating a meth lab. Wouldn't THAT be ironic . . . Prisoner: So, whatcha in for? Me: Peeing in a jug! robert luis rabello The Edge of Justice The Long Journey New Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Magic Compost Enhancer/Urine
Check http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/urine_martha.htm Your own Perfect Medicine by Martha Christy I had the book for a couple of years, read it and then loaned it out so many times it eventually didn't come back. Many times I've thought about ordering another one but still haven't done that. Even without ordering the book, what you will find on the web site will clearly indicate that urine collection is alive and strong and it's use is a multi-billion dollar industry .. and properties taken from urine goes into a huge amount of products from Murine for your eyes, cosmetics, all kinds of medicines for all kinds of conditions. From the book I believe I remember reading that the porta-toilet companies redesigned their units to include a urinal. The porta-toilet company created a subsidiary called Enzymes of America that sells the collected urine to the pharmaceutical companies and their little subsidiary is a very profitable business. .. couple that with any one of us that may have been born and raised in any society remotely connected with puritan teaching .. that anything connected with the physical body had to be unclean .. it's almost as if they (pharmaceutical) don't want us to know just how good urine is .. and we really don't want to know. Mary Lynn Rev. Mary Lynn Schmidt, Ordained Minister ONE SPIRIT ONE HEART: Facilitator/Consultant for Alternative Healing Modalities and Practitioner utilizing various modalities which can include TTouch . Reiki . Pet Loss Grief Counseling . Animal Behavior Modification . Shamanic Spiritual Travel . Behavior Problems . Psionic Energy Practitioner . Radionics . Herbs . Dowsing . Nutrition . Homeopathy . Polarity . THE ANIMAL CONNECTION HEALING MODALITIES http://members.tripod.com/~MLSchmidt/ From: Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Magic Compost Enhancer Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:21:14 -0600 Foxfire. Used to be my bible - are they still around? -Weaver Doug Younker wrote: robert and benita rabello wrote: Indeed! And they need technology to separate urine? Grief! A plastic jugg next to the toilet will do. This saves water, and my maize plants are SO much happier . . . robert luis rabello In the event Law enforcement ever sees your urine collection, you may be a terrorist suspect or suspect of operating a meth lab. Urine can be processed to extract potassium nitrate. Volume 5 of the Foxfire book series details how it was done in the old days for use in manufacturing black powder. apearently the urine from met users is processed to recover ephedrine Doug, N0LKK Kansas USA inc. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] biofuel specific?
Hello Mike, welcome Kurt If you switch to a linux-based email system you could use procmail to filter the messages for you...otherwise I am sure you can set up filters in Microsoft Outhouse er, Outlook and numerous other clients... -Weaver Kurt uses hotmail. Could always be wrong but I don't think there's any good way to handle a mailing list with hotmail. Otherwise there's this, which is reffed at the list subscribe page: http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg21651.html Best Keith Kurt Schasker wrote: Biofuelers: I have been lurking on this list for awhile, but never actually participated. I am wondering if there is some way I could filter the posts to read only those that directly related to biofuel issues? This listserve is very active, and I really do enjoy reading some of the posts, so I am not asking for, nor wanting to, have anything change on this listserve. However, this list has active threads going right now on solar energy, wind energy, converting plastics to oil, recycling, outboard motors, and hemp, just to name a few. By my definition, these ar not biofuel topics. Of course, the readers of this listserve may have different definitions. So, once again, I do not want anything changed, I just wondered if anyone knows a way I could digitally filter out the non-biofuel posts so I can read what I want? The shear volume of posts on this listserve is quite intimidating, and so, I am afraid, I often ignore this listserve as a result. Please accept my apologies, in advance, if this post is at all presumptuous or offensive. I was warned that this was a very active listserve when I first joined. It also seems that there were warnings that the topics were often far-reaching. All aspects of biofuels and their use are covered -- biodiesel, ethanol, other alternative fuels, related technologies and issues, energy issues, environment, sustainability and more. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Magic Compost Enhancer
Hello Paul and all They've discovered our secret! :-) It's about time they discovered a few of their own secrets I think. One is that it's quite hard to find phosphorus-deficient soils. What's easy to find is lots and lots of soils where there's plenty of phosphorus, but it's all locked up in a form not available to plants. So the chemical-agriculture solution is to apply loads of water-soluble phosphates (superphosphate or triple-superphosphate), a tiny percentage of which ever gets to the plant, the rest goes into the soil water or joins the existing stocks of unavailable phosphorus. The phosphorus supply in the soil is either in mineral form (as above) or in organic forms in the organic matter and humus in the soil, where it's taken up by soil microorganisms in their tissues and becomes available when they die (ie slow-release), while some species of soil microorganisms produce available forms of phosphorus in excess, more than they need, like honey bees produce excess honey. Mycorrhizal soil fungi are a major source of organic phosphorus, fed direct to the plant roots. But if you keep knifing harsh chemical fertilisers into the soil the organic matter supply gets burnt up and the soil goes acidic, with not much living in it to supply phosphorus or anything else much, and certainly no mycorrhizal soil fungi. If you maintain the soil humus and the biodiversity of your crops you get it both ways, via the soil life and via the plants themselves, with deep-rooters etching fresh minerals out of the subsoil, including unavailable phosphorus, which they do by exuding weak carbonic acid from the roots. There's possibly a case for applying phosphorus once, at the beginning, when restoring worn-out soil. Organic farmers previously used basic sludge for that; I don't know if it's still available or still suitable. A good dressing of manure, or green manure, or indeed urine, but preferably compost, which contains them all plus all the soil bugs needed, is usually sufficient. Other than that, phosphorus deficiencies are for amateurs. IMHO. Like nitrogen deficiencies. Best Keith Urine Offers Rich Phosphorus Source http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/10/urine_pla.html?category=earth July 10, 2007 ó Recycling urine may be the answer to a looming global shortage of phosphorus, according to an Australian researcher. Associate Professor Cynthia Mitchell, of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), said the world's deposits of phosphorus are due to run out in about 50 years. She believes recycling the 132 gallons (500 liters) of urine each person produces a year is the solution. Urine is the most concentrated source of phosphorus, she said. At the moment we dilute that through our sewage system and send it out to the ocean. In the industrialized world we must start moving to a resource-recovery approach rather than the current waste-treatment approach. Phosphorus is a key component in agricultural fertilizers and a lack of phosphorus would affect future soil quality and production. But Mitchell blames a 'poo taboo' for the failure of governments to move on the issue of recycling urine. In a public lecture at UTS later this week, Mitchell will call for a revolution in sanitation across Australia. She said technology that allows urine to be separated in the home is already being used in Sweden. All new homes in the local council of Tanum are required to have urine-separation toilets. -- Thanks, PC He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Scientists Estimate That Pesticides are Reducing Crop Yields by ONE-THIRD
what a sales job they did. I dont use pesticides and I dont lose a third of my crop - nor do I poison myself or spend the money for the toxins and the application equipment. Kirk Is there something fundamentally wrong with our society or is it just me? I cant believe the suppression of information for profits. How can that be reconciled? Came across the Gerson therapy. Not so new, Back to Eden was about juicing. But the body of evidence - OUTSIDE THE US - that it cures more than the best efforts of pharma is overwhelming. Our children are given to murderers. :( Kirk Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.organic-center.org/science.hot.php?action=viewreport_id=99 The Organic Center :: State of Science :: Hot Science Scientists Estimate That Pesticides are Reducing Crop Yields by ONE-THIRD Through Impaired Nitrogen Fixation The Organic Center, 7/10/2007 Over the last forty years nitrogen fertilizer use has increased seven-fold and nearly every acre of intensively farmed, conventional cropland is treated with pesticides. A team of scientists explored the impact of pesticides and other environmental toxicants on symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) brought about by Rhizobium bacteria (Fox et al., 2007). Their findings were published June 12, 2007 in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (read full study here). http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/104/24/10282 The team describes the critical role played by SNF in supporting crop yields and environmental quality. SNF has great potential to reduce farm production costs - a factor of growing importance as rising natural gas prices push upward the cost of nitrogen fertilizers. In Brazil, SNF from soybeans reduces production costs an estimated $1.3 billion per year. The research by Fox et al. (2007) explored in depth the signaling processes between plants and bacteria colonizing plant roots - processes that govern the degree of SNF and the production of certain phytochemicals. They focused on the ways that pesticides can disrupt signaling and impair the efficiency of SNF. Some 30 pesticides are known to disrupt SNF; the most widely used pesticide in the United States, glyphosate (Roundup) is known to be toxic to nitrogen fixing bacteria. The Conclusions?? section of the paper begins by stating: The results of this study demonstrate that one of the environmental impacts of pesticides and contaminants in the soil environment is disruption of chemical signaling between the host plants and N-fixing Rhiz(obia) necessary for efficient SNF and optimal plant yield.?? Drawing on their recent work and other published studies, the team projected that pesticides and other contaminants are reducing plant yield by one-third as a result of impaired SNF. This remarkable conclusion suggests one mechanism, or explanation of the yield-enhancing benefits of well-managed, long-term organic farming systems. Source: Pesticides reduce symbiotic efficiency of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and host plants?? Authors: Jennifer E. Fox, Jay Gulledge, Erika Engelhaupt, Matthew E. Burrow, and John A. McLachlan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 104, No. 24, June 12, 2007. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ - Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games.___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Magic Compost Enhancer
Foxfire. Used to be my bible - are they still around? -Weaver http://www.librum.us/pdfs/index.htm The Librums PDFs Collection Page The Fox Fire 'HARDCOPY' books are under copyright by the original publisher. When one of our sponsors purchased the reprint rights in the electronic and microfilm format from the going-out-of-business owner (AT) and we moved to restore them for our users the original owner kicked up a lot of fuss. After much negotiation, it was realized that the original owner had no legal leg to stand on, but did not care, they had money to throw. We also realized we could not compete versus their financial resources. So, it was decided to NOT restore the works, to simply present them as the AT originals. This we did for some time, but now due to a request for the Copyright mediator, we have removed them from the site. We are awaiting the 'final' arbitration decision. Sorry. However, try these (big files!): FoxFire I 1972, 40,781,143 bytes. http://www.librum.us/pdfs/foxfire1.pdf FoxFire II 1973, 44,103,776 bytes. http://www.librum.us/pdfs/foxfire2.pdf FoxFire III 1975, 52,810,340 bytes. http://www.librum.us/pdfs/foxfire3.pdf FoxFire IV 1977, 50,172,233 bytes. http://www.librum.us/pdfs/foxfire4.pdf FoxFire V 1979, 43,500,020 bytes. http://www.librum.us/pdfs/foxfire5.pdf FoxFire VI 1980, 49,288,652 bytes. http://www.librum.us/pdfs/foxfire6.pdf Best Keith Doug Younker wrote: robert and benita rabello wrote: Indeed! And they need technology to separate urine? Grief! A plastic jugg next to the toilet will do. This saves water, and my maize plants are SO much happier . . . robert luis rabello In the event Law enforcement ever sees your urine collection, you may be a terrorist suspect or suspect of operating a meth lab. Urine can be processed to extract potassium nitrate. Volume 5 of the Foxfire book series details how it was done in the old days for use in manufacturing black powder. apearently the urine from met users is processed to recover ephedrine Doug, N0LKK Kansas USA inc. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
