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John Clayton's avatar

"A Soiled Life" would be a good title for your next book!

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Tait Sougstad's avatar

I've had an unanswered question for many years, related to soil health, inspired by Thoreau's comment that the trees take nutrients from the soil and then return with interest when they drop their leaves. The question is this:

If the earth is a battery, storing solar energy through plants in the form of chemical bonds, is the earth charging or discharging? Do our actions, generally but specifically with regards to soil health and agriculture, affect the charge of the earth? Can we deplete the earth's chemical charge, and is that a way to describe soil health? One of the goals of composting is to fill the soil with packets of chemical potential energy in the form of nitrogen compounds.

I'm sure I'm not the first to ask the question, but I haven't seen it, yet. But, I'm quasi-illiterate, so I've likely just not read it, yet.

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