Reply #23: French intensive method [View All]

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It works, gives yields higher than most American farming methods, and feeds mother earth so the soil quality improves. Under current conditions the petrol-based farming won't hold anyway, the soil is suffering, and your veggies actually have less nutritional value.

French intensive method:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/1980_January_February/Biodynamic_French_Intensive_Gardening

From everything I've seen, the way they're making the ethanol is not an economically feasible alternative to fossil fuels. They could do better though, it's much like making booze. Your cars could readily run on booze, that was Ford's original plan, after all.