Re: [biofuel] The really soft proof of maybe something, kind of, or not..

2001-07-15 Thread Harmon Seaver
The origin of maize was way down in mesoamerica, not New Mexico. That's been very well studied. Also, what is now desert in New Mexico was arable farmland back 2-3 thousand years ago, so finding maize there is no big deal, the Anasazi and other ancient peoples farmed there before a major per

Re: [biofuel] The really soft proof of maybe something, kind of, or not..

2001-07-14 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Richard I think you really need to do some homework, on a much broader basis than you originally proposed. Your idea of good-guys and bad-guys, as well as of what's good and what's bad, is more than somewhat ill-informed. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://j

Re: [biofuel] The really soft proof of maybe something, kind of, or not..

2001-07-14 Thread eric almanzan
gt; - Original Message - > From: "Richard FitzGibbon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 10:04 PM > Subject: [biofuel] The really soft proof of maybe > something, kind of, or > not.. > > > OK group, here it is: > > In t

Re: [biofuel] The really soft proof of maybe something, kind of, or not..

2001-07-14 Thread Biofuel
it's even more import! Urs - Original Message - From: "Richard FitzGibbon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 10:04 PM Subject: [biofuel] The really soft proof of maybe something, kind of, or not.. OK group, here it is: In the 70's I read

[biofuel] The really soft proof of maybe something, kind of, or not..

2001-07-14 Thread Richard FitzGibbon
OK group, here it is: In the 70's I read that a team of (New Mexico?) Ag students discovered the ancient ansestor of modern corn plant in the Sonoran Desert. It only grew 4 or 5 kernnels on a very small mis-shapen cob. But it grew in the DESERT. In the 80's a (Florida?) Ag prof. was reported