This seems to me to be a critical insight: > A note: soil respiration resulting from plowing > seems to be one of the most overlooked problems > with High-Input biofuels systems. The energetic > inputs and outputs are not the only factors > influencing the carbon dioxide released by HILD > systems.
Everbody talks/writes about soil erosion (by wind and water). But I've been wondering for a while just how much soil organic matter is lost to the acceleration of microbial decomposition of organic soils caused by the intense tilling and watering cycles of modern mechanized agriculture. I never see this mentioned, except from sources related to no-till farming and permaculture. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121
