> From: "Jones Beene" ...
> However - and most importantly - the move to Aquanol need not involve > American farmers at all !! should they do not wish to get involved, as there > is more than enough prime land - previously deforested and now fallow - in > the Amazon to supply a substitute fuel for the 4-5 quads of petroleum we are > currently importing from unfriendly nations. > > Jones > I find something very disturbing about exploiting this scenario. The Amazon basin is rapidly loosing its natural forests at an alarming rate due to slash and burning techniques to help feed Brazil's growing population of hungry mouths. I realize you are saying "deforested and now fallow" land, but I fear it might end there. Soon t here will be no Amazon forests left nor any food worth growing because the basin is not designed to grow traditional crops. They will end up ruining the land for both crops or the original tropical forests. The losses are invaluable in undiscovered herbs and other exotic chemistry that could help mankind. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com
