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Re:Pando, the Most Massive Organism on Earth, Is Shrinking by jessaustin on Friday October 19, 2018 @04:38PM (#18259865)
No, I'm not suggesting that my competitors be "given" vast amounts of capital goods. b^)

You're right that it is pretty good for that state. He said the rule of thumb was one head per square mile per (inch of rain per year). He was bragging about being from some blessed place where they got 12" rather than 8". But the point is that the vegetation is sparse. Even if he raised the capital to purchase land, the desert will only support so many cattle.

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Re:Pando, the Most Massive Organism on Earth, Is Shrinking by ticviking on Friday October 19, 2018 @04:41PM (#18259881)
Fair, and I'd want the land to be sold, at a fairly steep price to encourage people to do something with it.

I'm with the amount of costs the federal government is passing to Utah for wildfire management on federal land anyhow, so that's def biasing my opinion.

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