linkedin post 2014-02-05 08:48:36

FOSSIL FUEL FERTILIZERS ARE EXPENSIVE. “From the standpoint of industrial efficiency, it’s too bad we can’t simply drink petroleum directly, because there’s a lot less energy in a bushel of corn (measured in calories) than there is in the half-gallon of oil required to produce it. Ecologically, this is a fabulously expensive way to produce food—but “ecologically” is no longer the operative standard. In the factory, time is money, and yield is everything.””
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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/whats-eating-america-121229356/

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