"The Rape of the Fair Country"
Apr 6, 2023 16:12:50 #
Thomas902 wrote:
John Matthew the lion's share of "large scale... (show quote)
When I was a Junior in high school - 1944 - we lived on a farm out of the La Grande area - near Summerville - and I went to Imbler High School - 4 rooms and about 30 total students in all 4 grades. In that region they said there were two seasons, winter and August, which was pretty close to being correct. It resulted in a very short growing season, but everything really took advantage of that short time, and grew like you wouldn't believe. We saw alfalfa - not quite ready to cut - which I couldn't see over, and I'm six feet tall. I could stand in our (1 acre plus) garden and I swear, actually see the Golden Bantam corn grow! The soil was relatively new, and all the crops were fantastic. We just had to cut and store 12 cords of wood for the winter. There was only about two feet of snow on the ground for two or three months - but they said it usually was closer to six feet! There were remarkable old people and old horses - one team of old horses was so lively that we had to work to keep them from trotting while pulling a wagon load of hay to the barn! And their owner, who was 80 years old, said if he shoveled manure (with a manure fork) in the barn for a day, he had to rest the next day. I think that's about the hardest work you can do!!!!! There was a lot of fescue grown in that area, for seed. I don't know what it's like there now, but when we were there it was a really marvelous area!
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
Apr 6, 2023 18:20:53 #
jaymatt wrote:
The title is borrowed from a book by Alexander Cordell, written in 1959. Mr. Cordell probably had only an inkling of what was to come.
My photo was taken northeast of Elwood, Indiana. These things stretch for miles.
My photo was taken northeast of Elwood, Indiana. These things stretch for miles.
Yeah, these are a lot worse than the beautiful coal/diesel burning power plants.
Apr 6, 2023 18:41:10 #
jaymatt wrote:
The title is borrowed from a book by Alexander Cordell, written in 1959. Mr. Cordell probably had only an inkling of what was to come.
My photo was taken northeast of Elwood, Indiana. These things stretch for miles.
My photo was taken northeast of Elwood, Indiana. These things stretch for miles.
If this continues, what will the countryside look like in 50 years? We have more than our share in south Texas.
Apr 6, 2023 19:21:29 #
GreyOwl40
Loc: Quebec City
Can sympathise with your frustration, John. A couple of years ago I was driving back from Norwalk, OH, to Toronto, passing through Detroit. East of Windsor, off of hwy 401, they were everywhere - miles of them. I wonder how many we will see when everyone is running round in EVs.
Apr 6, 2023 19:22:10 #
Only possible b/c government subsidies....when they stop...how will they be maintained? Have you seen the graveyards for blades that have been damaged or removed? Huge area!
Apr 6, 2023 21:30:29 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
StanMac wrote:
When land becomes more valuable for use as housing or commercial development than farming, it will be developed for housing/commercial use eventually. Farmers don’t live forever and as they retire, selling off their land sustains them, and their heirs, quite nicely, I am sure.
Stan
Stan
With the current price of farmland in my area, selling my very modest sized farm would make me a temporary millionaire. First off the IRS would take 35% of it for capital gains taxes. And then where would I go? I’m quite happy being able to do what I want and when I want without having to follow zoning regulations, city ordinances and so on. If I want to build a chicken house of any size, I can. I can have all the crowing roosters I want. I can let the sheep graze my yard without having anyone say or do anything.
Money isn’t everything. I’m certainly not rich or well off, but this is my home and I’m content to keep on keepin’ on as Joe Dirt said.
Apr 6, 2023 21:49:05 #
OneShot1
Loc: Wichita, KS, USA
You're so right. In 30 years they'll be rusting hulks, too expensive to remove. Go nuke!
Apr 6, 2023 21:57:01 #
I do believe you can make more farmlands, look at the prairie states see much tall grass?? How much forest land has been changed to farmlands? There is no easy answer. I would rather see windmills than smoke stacks belching toxic gases into the air. I grew up in Kansas, where I used to hunt with my dad became a mall when I was in the army, now it is being torn down for some other development.
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Bret P
Loc: California
dpullum wrote:
... Thorium-Molten salt reactors. Our industrial/government has ignored and blocked them for decades after they successfully ran for 5 years 1965-70.
Yes! Molten salt reactors are my favorite, not as dangerous as water-cooled. They had one at U of Chicago for research.
I like windmills and solar panels too, but they need to be placed where they do the least damage to farms and ecosystems, and where they are not intrusive eyesores, ideally. Whatever mankind builds is an eyesore to someone.
Apr 6, 2023 22:58:54 #
Bret P wrote:
Yes! Molten salt reactors are my favorite, not as dangerous as water-cooled. They had one at U of Chicago for research..
I believe the molten salt test reactor was at Oak Ridge.
Apr 7, 2023 09:01:36 #
SteveFranz
Loc: Durham, NC
rlv567 wrote:
They already had ruined the Palm Springs area while I was living there, some years ago. And you have to be as powerful as Kennedy was to keep them from blocking your view! (or getting away with murder)
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
Apr 9, 2023 16:11:43 #
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