tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post2809977555009864252..comments2024-03-19T14:38:21.141-07:00Comments on Terra Forming Terra: How Many People Can Earth Support?arcleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942529252160087271noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post-20842595029430979922011-10-16T23:29:09.261-07:002011-10-16T23:29:09.261-07:00The whole story is water of course. The Eden Mach...The whole story is water of course. The Eden Machine effectively solves that problem. After that it is about manpower and his augmentation. That we have and it is about to become plentiful without the historic environmental costs even if we have to use geothermal.<br />Biochar preserves soluable nutrients and actually ends the need for chemical fertilizers rather quickly.arcleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05942529252160087271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post-73627645147419889752011-10-15T15:46:40.081-07:002011-10-15T15:46:40.081-07:00Texas is just over 171 million acres and the world...Texas is just over 171 million acres and the world population is just under 7 billion. The US population (312 million+) could fit with a bit more room.. not the world. Fit in no way means sustain.<br /><br />When you actually work arid land you realize quickly the amount of humus/ compost needed to balance it for water retention, drainage, loft, reduction of pH, etc. Biochar is lovely, but it is a means to retain nutrients not add them. Many common amendments are from sources that are mined, refined, as well the most common are derived from animals. <br /><br />Still there is the whole matter of the machinery to farm, unless this is to all come about in small scale plots.<br /><br />Sorry, I don't mean to be pessimistic, I am just curious about the logistics. I see a lot of barriers.. the least of which is everyone becoming vegetarian. <br /><br />Terrain not only creates favorable micro-climates, but as well can create natural barriers that can slow disease and pest infestations.<br /><br />I'd be curious about the impact it would have on weather in the corn belt. I'd be curious about the ecological impact once the Empty becomes homogenized.<br /><br />I realize this is just theory, but I also find it interesting that the proposal would essentially mean radical alterations to diet, status quo, ecology, etc. globally, without considerations to resource availability or even population control.<br /><br />Off of natural resources alone.. what is a sustainable population level? We still haven't found a way to replace oil's impact on how we grow our food.. unless I missed something in the works?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159095601570766616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post-53600922216045218552011-10-15T11:05:51.794-07:002011-10-15T11:05:51.794-07:00As i have posted on before under the Eden machine,...As i have posted on before under the Eden machine,a stripped down optimized refrigeration device driven by solar can draw humidity out of the atmosphere and water an adjacent tree. Today it is mostly an exercise in mass manufacturing to meet price points. From there we simply advance across the deserts slowly bringing the manufactured humid air mass with us. Nature will nicely fill in the blanks and firmly set up in all except the most impossible locales.<br /><br />Everything else is already there provided we use biochar to prevent solution losses.arcleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05942529252160087271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post-11485722825176693182011-10-15T10:09:08.151-07:002011-10-15T10:09:08.151-07:00'LIMITS TO GROWTH ' CROWD WARN 10 BILLION ...'LIMITS TO GROWTH ' CROWD WARN 10 BILLION PEOPLE WILL CAUSE WORLD TO COLLAPSE...The number of 100 billion is closer to reality. Right now the entire population of Earth can fit within the Texas borders and each person could have 1/4 acre of land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post-73727489476339193792011-10-15T01:46:18.274-07:002011-10-15T01:46:18.274-07:00How much water will be needed to irrigate the arid...How much water will be needed to irrigate the arid lands? From where will that water come? Is there agricultural technology to replace the oil operated cultivation techniques currently used? From where would the soil amendments come to alter the deserts? What about sulfur, phosphorus, etc?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159095601570766616noreply@blogger.com