A Modest Solution To A Difficult Problem
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:42 am
F-san's assessment of red tide dovetails completely with my assessment of dead zones around our country and the world; agricultural run-off of chemical fertilizers is a major cause of both these issues.
But back in F-san's day they were the primary cause; today in my country the fertilizer use of farmers has taken a back seat to the fertilizer use of my neighbors and the companies they hire to douse their lawns in the stuff. The crack in the dike that F-san talks about is widening rapidly, and it is not so much agriculture as we the people that are the primary agents...
Which is why we like to read books like this here... Knowledge is power...
HG
But back in F-san's day they were the primary cause; today in my country the fertilizer use of farmers has taken a back seat to the fertilizer use of my neighbors and the companies they hire to douse their lawns in the stuff. The crack in the dike that F-san talks about is widening rapidly, and it is not so much agriculture as we the people that are the primary agents...
Which is why we like to read books like this here... Knowledge is power...
HG