Daryl's Journal

What Happened Today? Feather Sound walk with Kay. Worked at home. Working on B&H product line. Met with Clifford and Matt. Later that evening I listened to Irish music.

GAIA- Planetary Management:

246. Between 1945 and 1975, about 30 million ha of land in the US were lost under concrete and asphalt, half of this being arable land.

247. South America: The major limiting factor is mineral stress (47%), the areas affected generally being vast tracts of forest.

248. Tropical forest soils are typically low in nutrients.

249. Less than half of the fertile soil is used for crops.

250. How Much Land Could We Cultivate? We cultivate only 11% of the Earth’s surface, and yet some experts believe that as much as 24% could be used for crops.

What Happened Today? Feather Sound walk with Kay. Drove to the Tampa office. Working on B&H product line. Tampa Bay Devil Rays lost to the New York Yankees.

GAIA- Planetary Management:

241. As much as 28% of the world’s land surface suffers from drought (not so surprising, when you consider that the Sahara occupies nearly a billion hectares).

242. Mineral-stressed soils account for a further 23%.

243. Soils that are too thin to be much use cover 22%, while waterlogged soils account for 10%.

244. Permafrost soils (ground that is permanently frozen) cover 6%– and these do not include Antarctica or Greenland.

245. North and Central America: Soil suited to growing crops accounts for 22% of the land, and yet only 13% is actually used as cropland.