Hello Terry
We start to go round in circles, as expected.
You're quoting from the report I mentioned earlier, Livestock's Long
Shadow, or rather from Knickerbocker's report on it in the Christian
Science Monitor.
Here's the CSM article:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0220/p03s01-ussc.html
Hello Wendell
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By the way, I seem to recall that termites are the source
of 20 percent of the world's methane. I am no entomologist --is
there any known benefit to man or beast from termites?
If not, let's get 'em!
Right, let's kill them all! Termite-caused global warming has to be
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Speaking of termites - any advice for a environmentally benign way to
keep them under control?
-Mike
Keith Addison wrote:
Hello Wendell
snip
By the way, I seem to recall that termites are the source
of 20 percent of the world's methane. I am no entomologist --is
there any known
Terry,
Unable to find the information you referred to at Grist Magazine's web
site, I went to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's site
and found a book called Livestock and the Environment: Finding a Balance.
Mike,
For what it's worth:
Termites chew the plant matter, including wood, but it is the microbes
in their gut that digest it. Termites, like all animals, lack the enzyme
cellulase, needed to break down plant cell walls.
As I understand it, the microbes are obligate anaerobes and
Don't build from wood. Thats the only surefire method of keeping carpenter
ants from eating your house in the northwest. Now, unlike termites, ants
don't actually eat wood, as my grandpa delights in telling me. But they
chew it up and turn beams into little piles of sawdust, so from a
On 3/4/07, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Wendell
snip
By the way, I seem to recall that termites are the source
of 20 percent of the world's methane. I am no entomologist --is
there any known benefit to man or beast from termites?
If not, let's get 'em!
I think alot
snip?
I think alot better arguement could be made that there is no known benefit
to the planet from Humans, and we should go get 'em. Oh, except that you
can't ask a human this question because they are not a neutral observer.
looks like we are well on our way to doing just that. but let's
Seems to me that humans are doing a pretty good job of eliminating
humans, by means direct and indirect.
Getting back to Al Gore and the movie, An Inconvenient Truth.
I think Mr. Gore deserves whatever applause he is getting. Coming from
his community (professional politician, wealth), it
arsenic bait so they take it to the queen. If she is gone so is the whole
colony of termites.
Kirk
Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Speaking of termites - any advice for a environmentally benign way to
keep them under control?
-Mike
Keith Addison wrote:
Hello Wendell
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You can download the plans free.
Also a how to make the blades.
Hugh is the real deal.
http://www.scoraigwind.com/
http://practicalaction.org/docs/energy/pmg_manual.pdf
plans
D. Mindock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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/The Washington post reports that the FDA is expected to approve the
marketing of the new antibiotic called Cefquinome for use in cattle.
This is over objections of the American medical association, the FDA
advisory board and the World Health Organization. Cefquinome is from a
class of highly
Hi Kirk
arsenic bait so they take it to the queen. If she is gone so is the
whole colony of termites.
Do termites actually take the arsenic to the queen?
And do they actually eat wood? I thought they use it as a growth
medium for their fungi gardens.
This is a great read:
The Soul of the
Hugh Piggott has a website at
http://www.scoraigwind.co.uk
see his books
Another good site without the DIY aspect is Paul Gipe's
http://www.wind-works.org
Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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