traditional agriculture isn't killing the land, its the massive intensive monoculture farming that's killing the land.
there's also large areas tied up with such things as mines and munitions going back to the 2nd and first world war that prevent areas of land being used. a gas station doesn't typically take up much space, you would need to get some soil tests done to find out how extensive the damage is, then remove the affected soil and replace it with top soil from another clean source. other wise growing hardy quick growing weeds, and mowing them down till they pull out a good deal of the residues. I imagine lead content would be an issue Landfill sites, at least the modern ones are typically capped with enough soil to grow trees grass and other plants, some of the earlier ones require extensive work to recap, put in run off capture areas that requires waste water treatment. this wouldn't be viable for a single person, but is something that a local municipality needs to take care of. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of r Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 11:04 AM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] Bring land back from the dead Traditional agriculture is slowly killing the available land, which means more work for the rest of us who want to own land some day. What would be the necessary steps to restore, say, a former landfill site or a former gas station? _______________________________________________ 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/
