interesting book on earthworms and politics

http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/oliver/oliverToC.html

There must be something wrong somewhere -- Nature's laws governing these errors -- What is wrong when we have so many human ills? -- When we have want in a land of plenty? -- Why not old age pensions? -- Why poultry dies young -- The earthworm as an answer


George Oliver spent his life studying earthworms and designing uses for them and their products as well as designing systems to cultivate them effectively. Then he writes a book as an older man detailing what is wrong with society and sets forth in a logical manner to argue that earthworms and natures laws can help solve societies problems (big business tyranny, greedy politicians, etc.). Ahead of his time?


"And again we may safely turn to Nature. She does not permit monopoly. Nowhere in either the animal or plant kingdoms will one find monopolistic tendencies. Monopoly, political, industrial or economic, while it is undoubtedly beneficial to a few, is destructive to the mass. In the final analysis, monopoly is self-destructive, and any system that has within it the germ of self-destruction brings widespread disorder to other systems directly or indirectly related to it. Essentially, monopoly is a form of greed and the similarity is decidedly, if amusingly expressed, by calling the reader's attention to a pig pen at feeding time. Invariably, the fattest porker will push and shove and shoulder its way to the feed trough. Greedily it comes very close to monopolizing all the available food. Thus it grows faster and fatter than the others in the same pen -- and reaches the slaughterhouse first! Here we observe how greed and monopoly ultimately does lead to destruction."


later at the end of lesson 3, yes I think I will read the whole book:



I call this cross between the orchard and compost worm "Soilution". Its chief features are:

1. A prolific breeder.
2. A free animal, no longer a slave to one environment.
3. Its castings never form objectionable mounds above the surface of the soil.
4. It is not an extensive traveler or migrator.
5. It makes exceptionally good fish bait, for it is lively and lives for many hours when impaled on a fish hook.

This is the second time I've mentioned this site (journeytoforever.org). They seem to be an excellent resource on small to medium scale application and uses of alternative technologies and waste reutilization. I am embarking on the path of making biodiesel personally and because I believe in house production of it can represent a significant cost savings in the long run for transportation costs.






idearations in my head...