Plowing Carbon Into the Fields

OzPeter writes "A wheat farmer in Australia has eliminated adding fertilizer to his crop by the simple process of injecting the cooled diesel exhaust of his modified tractor into the ground when the wheat is being sown. In doing so he eliminates releasing carbon into the atmosphere and at the same time saves himself up to $500,000 (AUD) that would have been required to fertilize his 3,900 hectares in the traditional way. Yet his crop yields over the last two years have been at least on par with his best yields since 2001. The technique was developed by a Canadian, Gary Lewis of Bio Agtive, and is currently in trial at 100 farms around the world."

Comments

What if we had a big ass war...

[tjstork]

The problem with the idea of controlling population is who exactly is going to have less babies. I mean, if you keep hammering home in people's heads that the planet is crowded and there's too many humans, it sorta makes the idea that life is sacred seem rather foolish now, doesn't it.

I mean, when your overpopulation is 3 billion, it makes even a nuclear war a workable proposition.

Re:What if we had a big ass war...

[tomhudson]

If the world were overpopulated, we've already proved out a simple, humane solution to the problem - raise everyone's standard of living to that of the USA and Western Europe. Then birthrates will fall naturally to low enough levels that population will decline.

Stop being such and ignorant asshole. The whole "raise the standard of living and birthrates will fall to low enough levels that the population will decline" has been disproven as a general case for several years, and was NEVER true in the US. Look elsewhere in this thread and you'll find the references.

Once people's standards of living go beyond a certain point, birth-rates resume their upward trend. Coupled with lower mortality rates, it's a double whammy.

Nuke the excess from orbit - it's the only sure way.

So kill yourself

[Rix]

Or shut the fuck up.

If you're arguing that it's ok to kill people for some pseudo-scientific ideas about population, then put your money where your mouth is. And a bullet.

Re:Overpopulation

[phantomfive]

When you speak in real life, do you also fail to think before saying something, or is that just something you do when posting on the internet? Have you never heard of teenagers with fake ids to get into a bar? There are ways to fake all these documents. Please think before opening your mouth.