Re: manufacturing soil (was Fuel oil from crops vs. sust...

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In a message dated 2/6/04 1:30:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, bberg@...

writes:

> As far as I can tell, you're the only one who was talking about it. The

> original question, IIRC, was whether we could mass-produce fertile soil.

> Then, under your guidance, it morphed into a question of whether we

> could manufacture it, with you narrowing down the definition (I see a

> pattern here) of " manufacture " to exclude anything involving the use of

> certain naturally-occurring processes.

Depending on your definition of " manufacture " and " naturally-occuring

processes, " it was me who brought it up. I suggested the manufacture of soil

from

rock with lithotrophic organisms.

Chris