--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > The Plains drought near the Brahmastan, where the TMO plans to build, > > > is bad -- makes the proposed organic farming operation unlikely: > > > > > > "That part of the state is going to be out of water in about 25 years > > > at the current rate of consumption," said Mike Hayden, the secretary of > > > the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and a former Kansas > > > governor. > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/business/16farm.html > > > > > Think yagyas. (Endless fund raising possibilities.) > > >
> Heh. The community there is very old and probably doesn't use the latest agricultural > practices. I'm willing to bet that if the TMO manages to set up an organic farm there, they can > stretch the water to last indefintely. > ***************** The problem is, Kansas is in the rain shadow of the Rockies, so crops there depend on sucking up from the Ogalalla reservoir, which will be empty in 25 years. So no matter how clever water use is, the water is still going to go away, the reason being the same as oil deposits are going to go away: the resource is being depleted faster than nature can restore it. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
