On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:05:57 -0600, with neither quill nor qualm,
Unknown quickly quoth:

On 14 Feb 2008 06:03:00 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

,;On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:47:23 -0500, ATP* wrote:
,;
,; "Dave Hinz" wrote in message
,; ...
,;
,; If the price of corn goes high enough, the millions of acres in
,; land-bank, will be taken out. That's exactly the sort of thing that
,; land-bank is for.
,;
,; Resulting in more harm to the environment, the taxpayer, and increasing
,; greenhouse gases.
,;
,;Really? Tell me please, exactly how growing corn is any different than
,;letting grasses and wildflowers grow for free?

Flowers die off and return their nitrogen/elements. Ag crops strip
nutrients which have to be replaced.


Corn is a row crop requiring cultivation. None of the projected costs
of corn ethanol consider topsoil loss.

Corn requires fertilizer and herbicides. Nitrates and herbicides (e.g.
Atrazine) in ground water are serious problems.

Fertilizer runoff causes algae blooms in rivers and streams, causing
fish killoffs, too.


You obviously have not had much experience with agriculture or you
would have known that there is a big difference between a row crop and
grassland.

Yes, a major difference in every facet.

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