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"I wanted to be studying plant growth, but science for war will always pay better than science for knowledge."
— Nov 13, 2016 04:09AM
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(I returned my library book and bought a copy to restart.)
"In order to accumulate all of the soil nutrients that thirty-five pounds of leaves require, our tree must first absorb and then evaporate at least eight thousand gallons of water from the soil. That's enough to fill a tanker truck. That's enough to keep twenty-five people alive for a year. That's enough to make you worry about when it's going to rain."
— Dec 20, 2016 06:46PM
"In order to accumulate all of the soil nutrients that thirty-five pounds of leaves require, our tree must first absorb and then evaporate at least eight thousand gallons of water from the soil. That's enough to fill a tanker truck. That's enough to keep twenty-five people alive for a year. That's enough to make you worry about when it's going to rain."
