tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post5053427213281133548..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: "Mining" plants???Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13951725374573562020-08-28T08:17:49.756-05:002020-08-28T08:17:49.756-05:00Y’know, a little genetic modification and enhancem...Y’know, a little genetic modification and enhancement and this could be a very good thing.lbendiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011471355767458474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-50356718369412759312020-08-28T07:08:38.163-05:002020-08-28T07:08:38.163-05:00That's also a side benefit of 50-year old rese...That's also a side benefit of 50-year old research on secondary or tertiary wastewater treatment. An unexpected side effect was accumulated heavy metals by plants and by bacteria colonies on the plant roots. Once plants reach a given maturity, replace them, dry and incinerate the old biomass to recover metals: iron, nickel, arsenic, others. Good for filtering water from leaching pits and other industrial lagoons, but may require greenhouses in colder climates.Silent Dracohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468910899401891373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2981973492963285762020-08-28T00:03:00.512-05:002020-08-28T00:03:00.512-05:00But this sort of approach would only reach surface...But this sort of approach would only reach surface-level material, it seems to me. Well, not only that, I guess... metals could leach upward with the help of groundwater, rain... hmm.Philip Sellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06900095295297102196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-66656093251804613312020-08-27T18:47:11.795-05:002020-08-27T18:47:11.795-05:00There were proposals decades ago about "minin...There were proposals decades ago about "mining" certain kinds of seaweed because they accumulated GOLD.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-57329986165188247812020-08-27T18:00:48.294-05:002020-08-27T18:00:48.294-05:00This is thousand-year old technology. Vikings wou...This is thousand-year old technology. Vikings would mine peat bogs for iron. This sounds the same, just with nickel.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_iron<br /><br />Magsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-4040924901844219162020-08-27T15:47:07.287-05:002020-08-27T15:47:07.287-05:00According to google, the mean income for Malaysia ...According to google, the mean income for Malaysia was 7901 RM in 2019, which is $1894. $1754 per hectare seems pretty attractive to me.ADShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108188405628955164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-79907310466032065922020-08-27T14:35:17.516-05:002020-08-27T14:35:17.516-05:00@Hightechrebel: This sounds more like it would be ...@Hightechrebel: This sounds more like it would be a useful method of recovering the metal that would otherwise be insufficiently profitable to extract the traditional way. Also, an actually effective way of remediating soil that has been contaminated by mine tailings, smelter plumes, or other such hazards of mining.Feather Bladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295997298154977506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91529848728450717372020-08-27T12:04:05.201-05:002020-08-27T12:04:05.201-05:00$1754 per 2.47 acres. Maybe I just don't unddr...$1754 per 2.47 acres. Maybe I just don't unddrstand mining, but that seems like a very low return for a year of workHightecrebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105154969289523695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-16163903743285743662020-08-27T10:41:18.917-05:002020-08-27T10:41:18.917-05:00Wow, that sounds like something out of a science f...Wow, that sounds like something out of a science fiction novel. Hope to see more of this ...Off The Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108496724343648074noreply@blogger.com