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   Message 855 of 1,217   
   Fred J. McCall to marc182spamless@globalcrossing.net   
   Re: Space Garden   
   18 Feb 05 23:42:47   
   
   From: fmccall@earthlink.net   
      
   Marc 182  wrote:   
      
   :In article <420e6da0$0$7919$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net>,   
   :root@mauve.demon.co.uk says...   
   :>   
   :> The hurdle you run into right up front is that fairly trivially you can,   
   :> using technology known since the 1950s, get all the supplies you need   
   :> into about a kilo a day per person.   
   :> Now, you have to work out if you can fit your garden into a smaller mass   
   than   
   :> this, it's not a easy task.   
   :   
   :What's life like living on a kilo a day? Baby food out of a tube?   
      
   It's wrong in any event.  You need that much WATER a day.   
      
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