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HungLikeJesus · 04-20-2010, 09:27 PM

A plant is mostly made out of what comes from the air, not what comes from the ground, so if you burn the plant residue it will go into the air and eventually will be used to make new plants.

And making the plant does take a lot of energy, which comes from the sun.

squirell nutkin · 04-20-2010, 11:32 PM

Umm, I need to check your work there HLJ.

HungLikeJesus · 04-21-2010, 07:32 AM

But the moon is just the sun at night!

Aliantha · 04-21-2010, 04:38 PM

sugarcane itself degrades the soil more than just about any other crop you'll find. Farmers grow soybeans as a fallow crop once a year just to plow into the soil so it has at least some nutrient (nitrogen in particular). The whole suggestion of growing enough cane to create energy makes no sense. Sure, use what's left over from normal production, but don't destroy more land than is necessary.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-21-2010, 08:44 PM

But we need more sugar. Mmmm sugar.

Nirvana · 04-21-2010, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

1 pound of meat requires the energy from 16 pounds of grain.

I got your point but this is hyperbole

efficient meat animals only require 7.5 lbs of grain for a 1lb gain.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-21-2010, 10:59 PM

But I'd rather eat the meat than the grain.

HungLikeJesus · 04-21-2010, 11:01 PM

And without the meat, where are the organic people going to get the poop to put on their vegetables?

jinx · 04-21-2010, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

But I'd rather eat the meat than the grain.

How about the meat eats grass and no one eats the grain?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-21-2010, 11:27 PM

I'd rather eat meat than grass.

jinx · 04-21-2010, 11:31 PM

Burn the grass and eat the meat?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-22-2010, 12:28 AM

Let the cows eat the grass and they won't give a rat's ass if I eat them.

04-20-2010, 09:27 PM	#16
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	A plant is mostly made out of what comes from the air, not what comes from the ground, so if you burn the plant residue it will go into the air and eventually will be used to make new plants. And making the plant does take a lot of energy, which comes from the sun. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-20-2010, 11:32 PM	#17
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Umm, I need to check your work there HLJ. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

04-21-2010, 07:32 AM	#18
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	But the moon is just the sun at night! __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-21-2010, 04:38 PM	#19
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	sugarcane itself degrades the soil more than just about any other crop you'll find. Farmers grow soybeans as a fallow crop once a year just to plow into the soil so it has at least some nutrient (nitrogen in particular). The whole suggestion of growing enough cane to create energy makes no sense. Sure, use what's left over from normal production, but don't destroy more land than is necessary. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-21-2010, 08:44 PM	#20
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But we need more sugar. Mmmm sugar. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-21-2010, 10:59 PM	#22
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But I'd rather eat the meat than the grain. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-21-2010, 11:01 PM	#23
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	And without the meat, where are the organic people going to get the poop to put on their vegetables? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-21-2010, 11:27 PM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'd rather eat meat than grass. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-21-2010, 11:31 PM	#26
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Burn the grass and eat the meat? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

04-22-2010, 12:28 AM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Let the cows eat the grass and they won't give a rat's ass if I eat them. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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