A couple of years ago, I read a book called "The Party's Over" which makes
the case that we are fast approaching peak oil and that there is no
alternative that will ever be as cheap and plentiful. He quoted some expert
who said that organic agriculture can only support 2 billion people on earth
and that the human race in the last century had experienced the equivilant
of an algae bloom with our use of cheap energy from petroleum in heating,
transportation and (most importantly) agriculture. It may or may not be true
but it seems to me that this is what we have been talking about in the
previous discussion. It is food for thought.
Robert Justman
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From: "William H Shoemaker" <[email protected]>
To: "'Apple-Crop'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:21 AM
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Amen to that Mark!
William H. Shoemaker
Sr. Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - Crop Sciences
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL, 60174
630-584-7254, FAX-584-4610
[email protected]
Finally, since I seem to be glued to a spray rig for way too much of the
spring and summer, I would love to raise a beautiful crop of fruit with
very
limited use of pesticides.
Mark Evans
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