Comments by "Me Here" (@mehere8038) on "Business Insider"
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@Ass_of_Amalek no, bio-char doesn't stop soil erosion, but when the bio-char erodes away, it remains in solid form, whether it ends up in the oceans or on another farm, it doesn't break down & return to atmospheric carbon in the way the rest of the soil carbon does when eroded, hence why it's a better option than planting trees, cause those trees die or get cut down & all their carbon goes straight back into the air, so the buying carbon credits to plant them was a scam. Credits should be available for the purchase of bio-char & storing it anywhere that prevents it being able to be used as fuel. Easiest option on that is mixing it into soils. If it was stored underground in dedicated carbon storage, there's too much potential to harvest that at a later date & sell or use as charcoal for energy purposes, spreading it in soils simply prevents that being possible
The obvious solution in cleared amazon etc is to plant perennial grasses that are native or near native to the area ie they're well suited to it, even if they weren't the original plants in the area. The perennial grasses develop deep roots & hold the soil in place to prevent erosion & when allowed to grow to maturity before grazing, then allowed to grow to maturity again straight after, they provide as much, or near to as much calorie & nutritional value to ruminants as crops do, but additionally allowing them to be marketed as "grass fed", therefore increasing income & removing the need to clear new land to become farms. If the soil is in bad condition, you'd plant a mix of everything & hope something takes, but if you catch it early, or after it's been stabilised, you can switch to seasonal growing perennial grasses & grow them in such a way that crops can be grown within the same field without removing them, in "pasture cropping". I imagine that wouldn't work on the equator, as there's no wet & dry season to work with, so just efficient grasses will need to be used & grown as perennials, even grasses like alfalfa should work & sorghum can also be grown as a perennial, as can sugarcane to a large extent, needing fresh replanting only once every 5-7 years. No point trying to re-forest & cut down forests at the same time, just need to switch to perennials to stop the erosion & soil quality loss & the charcoal will also help massively in retaining any fertilisers that are applied to the land, especially in the high rain, nutrient leaching environments
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@kerry-annpeters885 second bit
If you have access to a mulberry tree, you can generally buy just the eggs/silkworms on gumtree too. They'll eat around 10 HUGE leaves or 20 regular sized ones per worm, around 7 of those in their final stage before the cocoon ie in the last 5-7 days. Is deceptive in how much they eat, seems like nothing, until that final stage, then they just don't stop! So just be ready for that if planning on feeding on leaves not "silkworm chow"
Probably best to wait at least about a month before getting them too, cause they don't really like the cold. I have a small mulberry tree/shrub, it's just starting to get spring leaves now, not yet at the point where it's ready to support silkworms, which is a good guide that it's the wrong time of year for them, even if raising them on chow.
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@kerry-annpeters885 third bit
Definitely a fun activity to do imo :) Incredible how TINY they are in the beginning compared to how big they become by the end. I tend to find instinctively I don't really want to touch them when they're tiny, but then as they get bigger, I find that changes. By their last stage, I find it hard to resist picking them up & handling them, there's something really cute about them :). They have 5 stages of growth & in between each, they go into a freeze type position for a day or so, then they crawl out of their skin & have a new mouth, that's about double the size of the last one each time (it's actually growing/developing just above their one they're using at the time, then when they're ready, they crawl out of their old skin, brush off their old mouth & start using the new one. By the final stage, they can be heard eating too, sounds like rain, quite relaxing :)
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@apoptosis_101 maybe try organic pads? Or maybe a thin, washable pad/liner/cover you can put on the period pants & keep changing?
The wetness is better than the alternative symptoms I was getting but yeh, if you're really yuck about that, it's going to impact you. It's not that bad, but having been an only tampon person myself, I do notice it. I tend to get gluggy stuff that I can sort of hold in & then excrete into the loo, but can't always control it, so period pants gives me the peace of mind, if I can't get to the toilet in time to get rid of that stuff, I can just let it go into the pants & tbh, I tend to change them if possible after that too, but the wetness is not actually that bad if I'm in a situation where I can't, once the pants are back up, it kinda returns to what it was before using the toilet pretty quickly & really isn't that noticeable at all, but yeh, given how sensitive you are about it, you're definitely going to notice it & not like it. Still much better than pads though, cause I'm sure you notice if they move slightly too do you? I know I do. Pants avoid all that stuff, there's a little thickness in the crotch, but they're pretty similar to regular pants, certainly much more similar to regular than a pad is!
Something else I've noticed, there's no feel of plastics at all in the pants & I don't get any skin issues with them & I am sensitive to this stuff, BUT.... & here I'm getting personal & into tmi territory, if not already there lol, I've noticed if I fart, the pants kinda lift a bit as a whole, fart doesn't travel though them like with normal pants, so I think there might actually be some sort of plastic or something in them, so just to share that before you go out & spend lots of money on them & find they don't work for you. I'm using the bonds bloody comfy ones. I have tried other cheaper ones, still have them in my draw for emergencies, but I HATE the others, just not a comfy undie fit & elastic irritated me on both the legs & waist. They go on just in an emergency, for the time it takes the washer & drier to finish, then get replaced!
I'm thinking for you, organic disposable pads, or period pants & an organic layer, maybe even a washer or cut up cloth nappy to give just one layer that blood will go straight through, so as to not interfere with pants pad effectiveness, but to give you the option to change that layer easily everytime you go to the loo. Pad in pants does absorb, so you shouldn't have issues with wetness coming back up through that layer & will give you a fresh & dry feeling :)
kegel exercises to increase control over blood release are good too :)) The more you can get straight into the toilet, the less of an issue with pants/pads/wetness etc :)
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@Layput it doesn't just "border" china, it's cultures overlap with China's, so if China had something in it's south in times before clear history on borders is available, then you need to show that the north of Vietnam was not included as part of South China or accept that at this stage there's simply not the evidence to claim to the contrary, otherwise Vietnam can claim it, in much the same way as people can claim gods caused something, until it can be disproven.
The Hoabinhian & Dongsonian cultures in particular have clear evidence that they overleaped both South China & Vietnam in where they existed & as such it is reasonable to assume, based on currently available evidence, that anything they were using was in both China & Vietnam. The Han taking control of Vietnam likewise means it goes without saying that anything they had & allowed to spread within their territory could be found in Vietnam too. To say otherwise is a bit like saying Roman roads were ONLY found in Rome & not in any other parts of Europe. Of course that's not true, they took them into all parts of Europe they travelled into.
Not looking for evidence because of wars etc in the country doesn't mean the evidence isn't there, just that it hasn't been found YET. Bit like how Aboriginal Australians were claimed to have arrived in Australia around 12,000 years ago, then 16,000, then 20,000, then 30,000, then it stuck at 40,000 for a long time, then it moved up to 60,000, now archaeological evidence says up to 85,000 years ago, but pollen & ash samples still say 120,000-130,000 years ago, so just because there's not yet archaeological evidence proving that, doesn't mean it's not true, just that there's not YET the evidence to support it, but everything suggests that enough searching WILL confirm that, so why shouldn't Aboriginal people claim that? Why shouldn't Vietnamese claim what they believe to be true & what best evidence suggests is true, just because invasions of their land means they've not YET been able to find the "proof" of it. Best evidence says silk was there along with China
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Australians bought out all supplies of edible seedlings & seeds too & Brisbane had to go onto water rations in the middle of one of their wetest years in history, cause they literally used over 50% of their residential dam water supply watering all their new veggie gardens.
flooding situation is worse this year than in 2020, the military have been having to air lift food into a lot of communities because of it, hence why the bog roll was what was panic bought, cause everyone here not only had their own veggies, but also had no doubts that if food ran short, the military would be delivering it (and we grow ample, exporting 75% of what we grow, so no-one doubted it would be available), but people weren't sure if the military would be used to get toiletpaper to us, hence the need to buy it no matter what. The military are air lifting toiletpaper in as well btw, the media are being sure to report that, that people need not worry, there IS toiletpaper in the supplies they're getting lol We're way too spoilt in this country!
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