Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!news.bbn.com!noc.near.net!uunet!destroyer!iunet!hal9k!jim.mcnellyFrom: jim.mcnelly@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jim Mcnelly) Newsgroups: sci.spaceSubject: Re: Moonbase raceMessage-ID: <6540.121.uupcb@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us>Date: 25 Apr 93 13:45:00 GMTDistribution: worldOrganization: HAL 9000 BBS, W-NET HQ, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAReply-To: jim.mcnelly@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jim Mcnelly) References: <C5sx3y.3z9.1@cs.cmu.edu> <C5tEIK.7z9@zoo.toronto.edu> <1r46o9INLines: 30To: Newsgroups: sci.spaceFrom: jim.mcnelly@hal9k.com    (Jim McNelly)Message-ID: <C5wAnC.7rB@cck.coventry.ac.uk>Organization: The McNelly Group, Composting Consultants@mojo.eng.umd.edu>Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 17:16:24 CDTMarvin Batty dfj@uk.ac.cov.cck writes:MB>Also, what about bio-engineered CO2 absorbing plants instead of many LOX botMB>?I wonder why the term "bio-engineered" was added to the comment? As Ireview the problems of Space Biosphere2 in Arizona, and work onmodelling a new composting/vermiculture system to propose for the nextgeneration of closed system environments, I believe that biologicalcarbon sinks are essential to help regulate CO2. In my models, humus isan optimum carbon repository that can help buffer increases inatmpospheric CO2. Why consider "bio-engineering" some mythical plantwhen the existing organisms are well suited to the task if managedproperly?--- . SLMR 2.0 . Finally! I found the last bug..last bug..last b......... . QNet3. . * <W-NET> * ORIGIN: GRANITE BBS * St. Cloud MN * 612-654-8372 HST                                                                                                                   ----| HAL 9000 BBS:  QWK-to-Usenet gateway  | Four 14400 v.32bis dial-ins    || FREE Usenet mail and 200 newsgroups!  | PCBoard 14.5aM * uuPCB * Kmail || Call +1 313 663 4173 or 663 3959      +--------------------------------+| Member of EFF, ASP, ASAD  * 1500MB disk * Serving Ann Arbor since 1988 |