Land Of Stone Walls (0.00 / 0)

History is a fine place to look for many things and maybe this is a good example. Indeed, there were farms all over the place once upon a time as evidenced by all those cool stone walls you see everyplace. I once read someplace that something around 70% of the entire state was actualy operationable fields at one point. A lot of that has grown back into woods.
But back to the point, ever notice how big of a spread a typical family farm was? Took something like 20-30 acres to support a typical family and there just isnt that much land around to support all of us at that yield rate.
Thats why efficiencies developed, it wasnt a choice, it was a requirement. People tend to adapt to what needs doing.
Right now one thing that doesnt need doing is converting the food chain into ethanol. Its ludicrous, it depletes the soil and the only way it can continue is to require the use of a whole lot of petrolium based fertilizer.
IMO there are just too many people on this planet. Thats whats going to catch up to us. But there is no reason to let stupidity speed up the matter and thats what any of these government initiatives inevitably are.

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by: nomad943 @ Tue Jan 26, 2010 at 14:08:32 PM CST

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