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Mamba on March 17, 2008 - 4:18am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

...intense recycling of materials and the absolute absence
of burning process, permits self-sufficiency in Nitrogen...

So, philistine pholostan, if you use the whole plant, you are not recycling any part of it, and especially not "intensely recycling" it. Ergo, self-sufficiency in nutrients is not possible. I'm glad we agree. So in the end we need fossil fuel inputs, or other inputs, as that pdf document shows (nitrogen is only one input).

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Soylent on March 17, 2008 - 11:59am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

It's only about 30 pounds per acre. You can easily source enough hydrogen gas from pyrolysis or gasification of a tiny fraction of the bagasse harvested from a field to produce this ammonia if you feel compelled to do so.

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Pholostan on March 17, 2008 - 3:12pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I thought that was obvious...

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