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Old 10-03-2008, 02:48 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jim-frank View Post
Maybe Colorado farmers are at the cutting edge, then.
Crop rotation is hardly cutting edge, considering that it was used in the Middle Ages: Farming in the Middle Ages

Or instead of a monoculture of any plant, consider mixed prairie. The plants are mostly perennials, so you just mow it now & then.

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It's the heat to distill that really takes up energy.
So use the waste heat from your local power plant.
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