[Terrapreta] John Cowan's comments

[Len Walde]

Sean, please show the man some respect.  I have corresponded with him for 
many years  and have learned alot. He deserves alot more than you have given 
him from your "High Horse".  You may be surprised if you knew how many 
listers hit "Delete" when they see your sorry name.  Get off of it !.

Len

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rukurt at westnet.com.au>
To: <Terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] John Cowan's comments


> Geez Sean, get off your high horse and stop this posturing. You don't
> agree with the man, so what, he doesn't agree with you and he has a lot
> of pragmatic experience with what he is talking about.
>
> Your carry on about transmutation is patently ridiculous.
>
> Kurt
>
>
>
> Sean K. Barry wrote:
>> Dear Dr. Karve,
>>
>> You refuse to give me a direct answer to my question at the top of my 
>> previous E-MAIL.
>>
>> "Specifically what are the "minerals" that you say soil microorganisms 
>> get from soil?"
>>
>> I can rephrase is again.  What is the exact chemical composition of the 
>> ions that you say microorganisms decompose from soil to deliver to 
>> plants?  What are the atomic elements constituting the ionic molecules or 
>> ionic atoms?  As I suggested before, I agree with you that enhancing the 
>> health and size of a microorganism population in soil will enhance the 
>> growth of plants above that soil, because microorganism do decompose 
>> plant nutrients from more complex organic molecules contained in soil. 
>> But, the chemical elements involved in the released ions are organic (N, 
>> P, K, S, Ca, Fe).  They are specifically not inorganic, insoluble 
>> "minerals", which are made into soluble plant nutrients (organic 
>> chemicals).
>>
>> I will vehemently contest with you whether microorganisms decompose 
>> Silicon-Si or silicate minerals (e.g. SiO2-quartz sand), Aluminum-Al or 
>> aluminium phyllosilicate (clay), Thorium, Azurite, Bauxite, Cuprite, 
>> Dolomite, Gold, Radon (a gas), Uranium, or significant amounts of any of 
>> the hundreds of other inorganic minerals, and break off any organic plant 
>> nutrient ions from those minerals.  Microorganisms cannot perform atomic 
>> operations.  They cannot convert atoms of one element into atoms of other 
>> elements.  Atomic transformations only occur at very very high energy 
>> levels via nuclear reactions, not at soil temperatures via biochemical 
>> operations, but at plasma temperatures, like in the core of a star or 
>> inside the implosion of a supernova (again via nuclear operations, which 
>> microorganism cannot perform).
>>
>> Please answer the direct question.  What "minerals" do you say soil 
>> microorganisms decompose into what ions, that they make available to 
>> plants?  The exact chemical composition, please?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> SKB
>>
>>
>
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