There have been half a dozen explosions at factory style swine farms in the upper midwest. One destroyed a barn, killing 1500 pigs and severely injuring a worker who was tending them.
Pig manure holding ponds in factorysized swine operations have been generating foam on their surfaces, whih traps poisonous and/or explosive gases beneath. When these gases are suddenly released under pressure, they can splode.
www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/05...
It seems our divilization is at a dead end. Our cultural paradigm is the corporation, and we're forcing corporate organization on livelihoods and activities for which such structure is ridiculously inappropriate, such as dairy farming and pig farming, with extraordinarily destructive effects.
It seems our divilization is at a dead end. Our cultural paradigm is the corporation, and we're forcing corporate organization on livelihoods and activities for which such structure is ridiculously inappropriate, such as dairy farming and pig farming, with extraordinarily destructive effects.
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Dave, kinda related to that farming thing.
http://ourfiniteworld.com/2013/05/15/what-would-it-take-to-get-to-a-steady-state-economy/
Extremely interesting article.
Let's see what $100 oil does to population numbers.
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