From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:53:33 -0400, John Beckett
 wrote:

> Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge"> wrote in
> message news::
>> Ah but what happens if it stops being the driest continent? Say 30 years
>> of serious storms making it all the way to the interior?
>
> If you take poor quality (low nutrient) dirt and flood it, you get
> erosion
> with no improvement in quality. I haven't seen the figures in a long
> time,
> but one tonne of wheat requires a large amount of fertiliser (which
> causes
> long-term damage to the soil), and the farming causes a large amount of
> soil to blow away.
>
> Adding water to the inland of Australia will not significantly feed
> humans.
>
> John
>

You break up the ground and add organics to it.  And what's with wheat?
What about rice?

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Gary Wiltshire

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