Climate-Cooling Policies threaten Food Supplies

americanthinker.com ^ | 8/20/2014 | Viv Forbes

[rktman]

A warmer, wetter climate with more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would undoubtedly produce more plant growth and more food.

However climate-cooling policies that claim to prevent global warming by throttling the use of carbon fuels will definitely reduce food supply and increase food prices.

The promotion of ethanol for motor fuel is anti-food. This “food for fuel” program has absorbed significant quantities of corn, soy beans, sugar and palm oils. Consequently prices for ethanol crops are higher than they would otherwise be, encouraging farmers to convert land currently devoted to grazing animals and other food crops to growing more profitable crops for ethanol.

[griswold3]

Got a conference call from the ethanol industry about Jim Jordan’s efforts to repeal EPA mandate.
Janet Garrett is a write in Dem candidate for the 4th. With this district being mainly agricultural biz, the threat of lower grain prices may make a difference in this election.

[FreedomPoster]

That’s why many commercial greenhouses elevate CO2 levels, to around 1000 ppm IIRC. Plenty of folks sell systems for this.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Rocky]

Plants need CO2 and warmth.

We need plants.

It’s too logical. There must be some way to make this more complicated.

[rktman]

That’s a good one Rocky. Now if we can just convince the true believers that CuhO2 is good for us. Hope we got plenty of time on our hands. How absurd is it that seemingly smart people are so easily convinced there’s a boogeyman in the closet? I read kellogs cereal is going to require all it’s suppliers to document and submit data about their carbon footprint. So, if it’s too high(determined by who)will they lose their contract? I have a footprint I’d like to place somewhere. :>}