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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Nov 1, 2008, at 9:36 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> But in SoCal where many of those farms are located it never rains  
> enough to
> farm.  Bone dry desert cities all over the South West have been  
> expanding as
> though if you just had enough money, you could provoke the rivers  
> into supplying
> more and more and more water.

For even more, and possibly worse, bad food news, consider the  
Ogallala Aquifer--ancient water being used much faster than it is  
being replenished.

"The Ogallala Aquifer is being depleted at a rate of 12 cubic km  
(420,000 million ft3 or 9.7 million acre feet) per year, amounting to  
a total depletion to date of a volume equal to the annual flow of 18  
Colorado Rivers. Some estimates say it will dry up in as little as 25  
years."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogallala_Aquifer

The greatest vulnerability of any homestead land is insufficient  
inexpensive water. If you use electricity to get your water you are  
fully exposed to the price of electricity.
> From erthnsky AT bellsouth.net  Sat Nov  1 13:34:30 2008
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Ron drinks way too much sweet tea.  I made a gallon of tea a day, yet in 
that gallon, there is 1.5 cups sugar.  He used to put 2.5 cups sugar in 
it, but I have slowly scaled him back. (I don't think sweet tea)  Would 
something like agave nectar be a good substitute, or would it change the 
tea's taste too much?  I've seen the cans at the store.

B

Shepperd wrote:
> At 11:30 AM 11/1/2008, Gene GeRue wrote:
>
> > Kiss wife. Lick lips.
>
> Yes.  I much prefer stimulated sugar over granulated sugar. :-)
>
> For the past couple of years, we have used Agave Nectar as a 
> sweetener.  It is thinner than honey and quickly dissolves in hot or 
> cold liquids.  The kind we buy is marketed by Madhava Honey, of 
> Lyons, Colorado.
>
> The agave nectar is also used in making tequila.
>
> Jerry Shepperd
>
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