Duh!
by Barry Carter
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Mountain minerals erode into
the seas. Duh!
On their way to the seas;
these minerals make dirt. Duh!
Organisms in the dirt convert
these minerals into living soil. Duh!
Plant health depends on these
soil minerals. Duh!
Animal health depends on
plant health. Duh!
All nutrients are composed of
natural minerals. Duh!
Virtually all of the minerals
that plants consume have been solubilized from the
soil. Duh!
Plant and animal health
depends on these minerals remaining in (or being returned to) a given area for
as long as possible. Duh!
To maintain optimum soil,
plant and animal health, they must remain in a given area long enough to be
replaced by more minerals eroding from the mountains. Duh!
Or we must artificially
replace them in each area. Duh!
Minerals that are solubilized move toward the seas more quickly than these
same minerals in an insoluble state. Duh!
Mountain rocks erode quite slowly.
This is why we have phrases like: "steady as a rock". Duh!
People "harvest"
the plant and animal products that depend on these minerals. Duh!
Then people transport these
products away from where they were grown. Duh!
This depletes the essential
mineral nutrients, from the areas where these products were grown. Duh!
The taste of food is very
dependent on the nutrients in that food. Duh!
Most food does not taste
nearly as good as it did forty years ago. Duh!
Let me repeat what I said
earlier; all soluble minerals get transported, in food, away from the areas
where they are essential to the health of the soil, plants and animal that
depend on the solubilized minerals in these areas.
Duh!
Ultimately, they get flushed,
with our sewage, into the seas or transported with toxic "waste" to a
landfill. Duh!
Science continues to make new
discoveries. Duh!
At some point, science will
discover new essential mineral nutrients. Duh!
Major new scientific
discoveries often take decades to become accepted by mainstream science. Duh!
Some examples:
"640K ought to be enough
for anybody"
Bill Gates 1981
"I think there is a
world market for maybe 5 computers"
Thomas Watson Chairman IBM
1943
"Everything that can be
invented, has been invented"
Charles H. Duell, Director of
"Who the hell wants to
hear actors talk?"
Harry M Warner, Warner
Brothers Pictures, 1927
"There is no likelihood
man can ever tap the power of the atom"
Robert Miliken,
Nobel Prize Physics, 1923
"Heavier than air flying
machines are impossible"
Lord Kelvin, President of the
Royal Society, 1895
Max Planck wrote about this:
"A new scientific truth
does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see
the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new
generation grows up that is familiar with it."
Paraphrased variants:
Truth never triumphs — its
opponents just die out.
Science advances one funeral
at a time.