permaculture

["Robert Waldrop" <bwaldrop@cox.net>]

The issue with food wastes, lawn trimmings, 
municipal tree trimmings and etc., is that all of 
these items are needed to develop sustainable 
fertility for gardens and agriculture.  That is, 
they need to be composted and mulched and returned 
to the earth.  If we rob the earth of these 
nutrients for ethanol, then we are resolving one 
issue only to develop another one.

The fact that many of these items are presently 
wasted is not an argument in favor of ethanol. 
they are presently wasted because our entire 
society is based on unsustainability.  If we want 
to become more sustainable, we must begin 
returning all "waste" organic matter to the soil.

Robert Waldrop, OKC
www.bobwaldrop.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dylan Ford" <dford@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
> don't know if you caught my post the other day, 
> but what about ethanol
> derived from food wastes, lawn trimmings, 
> municipal tree trimmings,
> cardboard, etc., etc.,  There's a lot of it, the 
> stream never stops, and we
> have to get rid of it somehow. That represents a 
> lot of wasted calories.
> dylan
>
>
>
>
> Dylan Ford is the author of the proposal at 
> www.ideaforpresident.com , a
> website devoted to an idea that could provide an 
> avenue to address pollution
> issues, food safety, social justice, prison 
> reform and healthcare.