Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

I tried to stress my post was about the ethanol industry effect on the soil. 
Comparing various energy sources is off topic for our list. Please?

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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On 5/26/2006 at 4:10 PM Robert Norsen wrote:

>Don't waste food to get ethanol or bio-diesel?
>  Electric energy for much of the daily commute ( or any travel ) could
>save tons of corn. petro, liquified coal, gas or diesel and such. The
>argument is electric power comes from coal or petro.  Doesn't have to.
>
>  Nuclear, wind, solar, bio, hydro are all being considered and are in
>use.  Could grow.  There is one giant source that can be developed  but
>ain't much yet -   Geo.
>
>  Iceland has demonstrated geo as a primary source of energy there.  Of
>course geo on Iceland is out on top looking at everbody on that island.
>
>  Here in Wa. we look at Mt St Hellen as a tourist attraction.   A good
>oil drilling rig going deep and horizontal into the near liquid rock could
>set up a power source that would be as big as any one wanted to make it.
>Last forever, produce electric power f rom low tech equipment.  A safe
>non-polluting source of energy.  There are shallow hot energy sources
>scattered around the USA and the World.
>
>  Jeff  this is suggested on the LIST so we can make more ACT with all
>that electric power!
>  You have more 'hot' energy in Alaska than most parts of the world.
>    Bob