Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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

You're right on the "bio-oil". But I'm still wondering where the steam for
the process will come from. It seems unlikely the burning corn stalks will
make sufficient heat. I'm curious where the CO2 from the burning will end
up. I'd want to see their figures on fossil fuel use for the harvesting of
corn stalks and going back over the fields to inject the ammonia, as well
as the ROEI on the whole process since most of the ammonia is normally
wasted by soil injection. Just my reaction, but it sounds like another
crackpot government scheme to me. If it had any realistic economic
potential I suspect some venture money would invest in researching it. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 3/20/2007 at 11:41 AM Gloria Baikauskas wrote:

>I had to reread that paragraph a few times before I realized that burning
>the stuff produced both the charcoal and the bio-oil.....from the corn
>stuff....er stover.  So it isn't an outside additive at all. 
>   
>  I have no idea if it will make a difference.  The article is on the
>research. Sometimes research makes a difference.  Sometimes it creates
>more problems.  
>   
>  At least it means someone is trying.  Iowa State does a lot of research
>with corn.  It was them who came up with corn gluten meal....and who
>continues to do research on it I think.  
>   
>  To me it seems they are trying to go down a better path.  More and more
>of the professors and researchers are now backing up much of what we
>espouse on this list.  Took them a  while to come around.  
>   
>  Time will tell if this will come to anything.....especially anything
>good. 
>   
>  Gloria, Texas
>
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