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The Effects of Fine Grained Powders on Agriculture Yields
In Denmark we saw that it persisted for two seasons in the Kalsburg experiment and in Ghana we saw a drug that they can actually squeeze out three crops in a year. I think the main thing is just the pure chemical uptake but of course you also create more biomass which depending on what you do with it you could also use that to take up carbon dioxide so it could be a significant relation to greenhouse gas. The bit I do love about this is that this material is pretty useless up in Greenland but it sounds like there could be a huge demand for it across the tropics. We're off to find more unlikely gems amidst the junk.
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