Posted on 08/08/2018 11:19:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Injecting particles into the atmosphere to cool the planet and counter the warming effects of climate change would do nothing to offset the crop damage from rising global temperatures, according to a new analysis by University of California, Berkeley, researchers.
By analyzing the past effects of Earth-cooling volcanic eruptions, and the response of crops to changes in sunlight, the team concluded that any improvements in yield from cooler temperatures would be negated by lower productivity due to reduced sunlight. The findings have important implications for our understanding of solar geoengineering, one proposed method for helping humanity manage the impacts of global warming.
“Shading the planet keeps things cooler, which helps crops grow better. But plants also need sunlight to grow, so blocking sunlight can affect growth. For agriculture, the unintended impacts of solar geoengineering are equal in magnitude to the benefits,” said lead author Jonathan Proctor, a UC Berkeley doctoral candidate in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. “It’s a bit like performing an experimental surgery; the side-effects of treatment appear to be as bad as the illness.”
The team linked maize, soy, rice and wheat production from 105 countries from 1979-2009 to global satellite observations of these aerosols to study their effect on agriculture. Pairing these results with global climate models, the team calculated that the loss of sunlight from a sulfate-based geoengineering program would cancel its intended benefits of protecting crops from damaging extreme heat.
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We are only one Krakatoa style eruption from a world-wide disaster.
And these idiots want to create one................
...but sending trillions of $ to Africa will fix the Planet forever....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa
Quote:
The energy released from the explosion has been estimated to be equal to about 200 megatons of TNT,[5] roughly four times as powerful as the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful thermonuclear weapon ever detonated................
“Shading the planet keeps things cooler, which helps crops grow better......”
Thank God these idiots are not in charge of producing our food.
Like most things Liberals believe it is exactly the opposite.
Hey!
Here is a secret the media makes money with headlines.
Oh, life is fatal, no one gets out alive.
Plants need sunlight to grow - who knew? How much tax payer money was spent on the study that determined this fact?
Gorebull Warming Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the
climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the
sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
“Shading the planet keeps things cooler, which helps crops grow better. But plants also need sunlight to grow, so blocking sunlight can affect growth”
This kind of “analysis” has no place in any scientific publication that deems itself credible… note that the first assertion is not a possibility but definite (”helps”), but the alternative is only a possibility (”can affect”).
Hey back in the 50's we were told that someday all we would need to eat is a super pill.
"Despite the study’s conclusions, Proctor said, “I don’t think we should necessarily write off solar geoengineering. For agriculture, it might not work that well, but there are other sectors of the economy that could potentially benefit substantially.”"
It might not work that well but hey, there are offsets. Humm, what other sectors of the economy might perk up due to lack of food? Ah, guns and ammo.
““Shading the planet keeps things cooler, which helps crops grow better. But plants also need sunlight to grow, so blocking sunlight can affect growth.”
These guys are idiots. I’m just sayin’
As someone who lives in a rural area and grows as much of my own food as possible-I have observed that most vegetable plants do NOT grow better with more shade and cooler temperatures-with the exception of those native to naturally cooler places, lack of sun and warmth for the rest produces fewer and smaller vegetables to harvest. The “analysts” at Berzerkly are dumbasses...
This is just as stupid as capturing CO2 and pumping it underground.
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
Operation Solar Shield. I has been going on for years.
While we were all going places in our flying cars.
So, all that smoke from California’s forest fires my be a blessing after all!
MY GOD these people are absolutely INSANE!!!
You can save your time with news articles like these. Just remember, the problem is real, imminent, catastrophic, and nothing can possibly help except reducing hydrocarbon usage.
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