Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Producing Ethanol--and Conserving the Soil

2007-04-27 Thread doug
Thats the one. The peasants, by a process of natural selection have 'assisted' nature. Bill understood the dynamics of forest ecosystems when he was a park warden (dont quote me on that one! I remember he was working in a National park. I think the story is in 'Permaculture One'.) Bill was

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Producing Ethanol--and Conserving the Soil

2007-04-26 Thread Pagandai Pannirselvam
Hi , Keith Thank you bringing here the very important report Residual biomass = Food+Fiber+Feed+Fertilizer+Fuel Brazilian sugarcane distillery is also exploring very well the use of a byproduct effluent of ethanol fermentation as an organic additive to soils. This is also an example of the

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Producing Ethanol--and Conserving the Soil

2007-04-26 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Pannir Hi , Keith Thank you bringing here the very important report Residual biomass = Food+Fiber+Feed+Fertilizer+Fuel Brazilian sugarcane distillery is also exploring very well the use of a byproduct effluent of ethanol fermentation as an organic additive to soils. This is also an

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Producing Ethanol--and Conserving the Soil

2007-04-26 Thread Joe Street
Hey Pagandai; Do you know about the International Permaculture Conference (IPC8) which is happening in Sao Paulo on May 4th? Bill Mollison the inventer of permaculture will give a course on design and many other leading speakers of the world will present. I wish I could attend.

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Producing Ethanol--and Conserving the Soil

2007-04-26 Thread Sivaramakrishnan Ananthakrishnan
@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:24:06 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Producing Ethanol--and Conserving the Soil Hi , Keith Thank you bringing here the very important report Residual biomass = Food+Fiber+Feed+Fertilizer+Fuel Brazilian sugarcane distillery is also exploring very well

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Producing Ethanol--and Conserving the Soil

2007-04-26 Thread doug
Hi, Bill Mollison would not rate himself as the 'inventor' of permaculture. He has merely made us all aware that nature is worth nurturing, natural systems will reach a type of balance. Bill Mollison may be the inventor of the term 'Permaculture' but the inventors are the myriad generations

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Producing Ethanol--and Conserving the Soil

2007-04-26 Thread Joe Street
Good point Doug. Actually the kudos go to Mother nature I guess. Isn't permaculture just an immitation of what nature figured out for itself? Joe doug wrote: Hi, Bill Mollison would not rate himself as the 'inventor' of permaculture. He has merely made us all aware that nature is worth

[Biofuel] Fwd: Producing Ethanol--and Conserving the Soil

2007-04-25 Thread Keith Addison
From: ARS News Service [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Producing Ethanol--and Conserving the Soil Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:01:25 -0400 STORY LEAD: In Producing Ethanol, Some Cornstalks Should be Left in the Field ___ ARS News Service Agricultural Research