The earth has entered a moderate 25-30 year cooling, which was predicted by the sunspots a decade ago, Dennis Avery recently told the MetLife Agricultural Investment Division at Lake Tahoe, NV. He said the cooling is now also endorsed by a recent shift in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. The cooling is likely to radically change [...]
CHURCHVILLE, VA—In the midst of the worst global grain shortage in decades, two lines of Australian biotech wheat have out-yielded current wheats by 20 percent—even under drought stress.
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“Around the world, 35–50 percent of the wheat-growing areas are under drought risk. The number of drought-affected wheat growing areas is likely to increase with the effects [...]
CHURCHVILLE, VA—Wired Magazine has published a list of “Green sacred cows†it says must be sacrificed to save the planet. Wired’s founding editor, Kevin Kelly, formerly edited the Whole Earth Catalog, so he has credentials for rethinking what it means to be Green.Â
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 “Today, one ecological problem outweighs all others: global warming,†says Wired’s [...]
CHURCHVILLE, VA—What a world!! Global warming alarmists bring us to the brink of world food shortage and economic collapse—using words and computer models, not higher temperatures. As a result, more wildlife species are threatened by palm oil plantations growing biodiesel than by climate change. Heavy sea ice just trapped a big Russian ice-breaker for seven [...]
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CHURCHVILLE, VA—We are truly conflicted about energy. Everyone agrees gasoline prices are far too high, but:
Congress claims the oil industry is manipulating gas prices, while not allowing drilling.
President Bush’s corn ethanol mandate has nearly doubled the world’s food prices, while producing a tiny amount of low-grade auto fuel.
The Senate is meanwhile debating the [...]
