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To: Neocon who wrote (363302)	2/25/2003 12:15:22 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

For one thing, if the "natural" methods of fertilization were more advantageous, both in costs and efficiency, why wouldn't farmers use them? >>> Sure they would. >>> However, in a World with cheap oil: >>> The available input of lower energy costs favor highly mechanized agriculture (consumer of that energy), and high use of pesticides and herbicides (chemicals produced from oil feed stocks, so favorably priced as well) are the other leg supporting the mechanized model of agriculture. .