--- In [email protected], bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> 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. >
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