Comments for Center for Global Food Issues http://www.cgfi.org Growing More Per Acre Leaves More Land for Nature Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on RESPONSE OF PLANT SPECIES TO CO2 LEVELS, BY DENNIS T. AVERY by Dennis Avery: Response of plant species to CO2 levels | JunkScience.com http://www.cgfi.org/2012/02/response-of-plant-species-to-co2-levels-by-dennis-t-avery/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Dennis Avery: Response of plant species to CO2 levels | JunkScience.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:50:29 +0000 http://www.cgfi.org/?p=1448#comment-1556 [...] CGFI Share this:PrintEmailMoreStumbleUponTwitterFacebookDiggRedditLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted in Biodiversity, Climate Change. Bookmark the permalink. ← Russia Behind Bulgarian Anti-Fracking Protests? [...] [...] CGFI Share this:PrintEmailMoreStumbleUponTwitterFacebookDiggRedditLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted in Biodiversity, Climate Change. Bookmark the permalink. ← Russia Behind Bulgarian Anti-Fracking Protests? [...]

]]> Comment on AL GORE AND THE LAKES OF MOLTEN LAVA, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY by Carla http://www.cgfi.org/2011/09/al-gore-and-the-lakes-of-molten-lava-by-dennis-t-avery/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 Carla Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:17:18 +0000 http://www.cgfi.org/?p=1328#comment-1512 Thank you Dennis for your fantastic sensible and true articles. Keep up the good work. Keep safe. Regards from Christchurch. New Zealand Thank you Dennis for your fantastic sensible and true articles. Keep up the good work. Keep safe. Regards from Christchurch. New Zealand

]]> Comment on WASHINGTON POST CONVERTS TO CONSERVATION? BY DENNIS T. AVERY by William Flower http://www.cgfi.org/2011/12/washington-post-converts-to-conservation-by-dennis-t-avery/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 William Flower Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:34:05 +0000 http://www.cgfi.org/?p=1392#comment-1507 I agree with your view regarding food production, however there is still a particular fear in Agriculture, especially in Europe as to how these seed technologies are developed and franchised which may lead to big business control of primary food production around the world, that ultimate control of states food supplies may be leveraged by a few major suppliers who are allied to certain states with the power to influence certain regions. I agree with your view regarding food production, however there is still a particular fear in Agriculture, especially in Europe as to how these seed technologies are developed and franchised which may lead to big business control of primary food production around the world, that ultimate control of states food supplies may be leveraged by a few major suppliers who are allied to certain states with the power to influence certain regions.

]]> Comment on HOW COLUMBUS CAUSED THE LITTLE ICE AGE, BY DENNIS T. AVERY by Kyrre http://www.cgfi.org/2011/12/how-columbus-caused-the-little-ice-age-by-dennis-t-avery/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Kyrre Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:27:34 +0000 http://www.cgfi.org/?p=1400#comment-1506 <cite>If Dr. Nevle can “read” the deaths of the American Indians in the Antarctic ice record, has he checked for the impact of the Black Death in Europe and the Near East during the 14th century? </cite> Well, someone else has done so at least: http://www.amazon.com/Plows-Plagues-Petroleum-Control-Climate/dp/0691121648 If Dr. Nevle can “read” the deaths of the American Indians in the Antarctic ice record, has he checked for the impact of the Black Death in Europe and the Near East during the 14th century?
Well, someone else has done so at least: http://www.amazon.com/Plows-Plagues-Petroleum-Control-Climate/dp/0691121648

]]> Comment on Third-World Refugees Don’t Flee Eco-Disasters But Grinding Poverty and Cruel Repression by J. Doherty http://www.cgfi.org/2004/02/third-world-refugees-dont-flee-eco-disasters-but-grinding-poverty-and-cruel-repression/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 J. Doherty Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:38:31 +0000 http://s28003.gridserver.com/2004/02/06/third-world-refugees-dont-flee-eco-disasters-but-grinding-poverty-and-cruel-repression/#comment-1499 While the Earth has always endured natural climate change variability, we are now facing the possibility of irreversible climate change in the near future. The increase of greenhouse gases in the Earth?s atmosphere from industrial processes has enhanced the natural greenhouse effect. This in turn has accentuated the greenhouse ?trap? effect, causing greenhouse gases to form a blanket around the Earth, inhibiting the sun?s heat from leaving the outer atmosphere. This increase of greenhouse gases is causing an additional warming of the Earth?s surface and atmosphere. A direct consequence of this is sea-level rise expansion, which is primarily due to the thermal expansion of oceans (water expands when heated), inducing the melting of ice sheets as global surface temperature increases. Forecasts for climate change by the 2,000 scientists on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) project a rise in the global average surface temperature by 1.4 to 5.8°C from 1990 to 2100. This will result in a global mean sea level rise by an average of 5 mm per year over the next 100 years. Consequently, human-induced climate change will have ?deleterious effects? on ecosystems, socio-economic systems and human welfare.At the moment, especially high risks associated with the rise of the oceans are having a particular impact on the two archipelagic states of Western Polynesia: Tuvalu and Kiribati. According to UN forecasts, they may be completely inundated by the rising waters of the Pacific by 2050.According to the vast majority of scientific investigations, warming waters and the melting of polar and high-elevation ice worldwide will steadily raise sea levels. This will likely drive people off islands first by spoiling the fresh groundwater, which will kill most land plants and leave no potable water for humans and their livestock. Low-lying island states like Kiribati, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands and the Maldives are the most prominent nations threatened in this way.“The biggest challenge is to preserve their nationality without a territory,” said Bogumil Terminski from Geneva. The best solution is continue to recognize deterritorialized states as a normal states in public international law. The case of Kiribati and other small island states is a particularly clear call to action for more secure countries to respond to the situations facing these ‘most vulnerable nations’, as climate change increasingly impacts upon their lives. While the Earth has always endured natural climate change variability, we are now facing the possibility of irreversible climate change in the near future. The increase of greenhouse gases in the Earth?s atmosphere from industrial processes has enhanced the natural greenhouse effect. This in turn has accentuated the greenhouse ?trap? effect, causing greenhouse gases to form a blanket around the Earth, inhibiting the sun?s heat from leaving the outer atmosphere. This increase of greenhouse gases is causing an additional warming of the Earth?s surface and atmosphere. A direct consequence of this is sea-level rise expansion, which is primarily due to the thermal expansion of oceans (water expands when heated), inducing the melting of ice sheets as global surface temperature increases.
Forecasts for climate change by the 2,000 scientists on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) project a rise in the global average surface temperature by 1.4 to 5.8°C from 1990 to 2100. This will result in a global mean sea level rise by an average of 5 mm per year over the next 100 years. Consequently, human-induced climate change will have ?deleterious effects? on ecosystems, socio-economic systems and human welfare.At the moment, especially high risks associated with the rise of the oceans are having a particular impact on the two archipelagic states of Western Polynesia: Tuvalu and Kiribati. According to UN forecasts, they may be completely inundated by the rising waters of the Pacific by 2050.According to the vast majority of scientific investigations, warming waters and the melting of polar and high-elevation ice worldwide will steadily raise sea levels. This will likely drive people off islands first by spoiling the fresh groundwater, which will kill most land plants and leave no potable water for humans and their livestock. Low-lying island states like Kiribati, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands and the Maldives are the most prominent nations threatened in this way.“The biggest challenge is to preserve their nationality without a territory,” said Bogumil Terminski from Geneva. The best solution is continue to recognize deterritorialized states as a normal states in public international law. The case of Kiribati and other small island states is a particularly clear call to action for more secure countries to respond to the situations facing these ‘most vulnerable nations’, as climate change increasingly impacts upon their lives.

]]> Comment on SAFE HAMBURGER—AT LAST? BY: DENNIS T. AVERY by A.R. "Adam" Avery http://www.cgfi.org/2011/03/safe-hamburger%e2%80%94at-last-by-dennis-t-avery/comment-page-1/#comment-1495 A.R. "Adam" Avery Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:47:31 +0000 http://www.cgfi.org/?p=1168#comment-1495 Tim, I am not sure your source, but I have submitted this as another source: Escherichia Coli 0157:H7 What is E. coli O157:H7? E. coli is a bacteria commonly found in cattle feces. According to Centers for Disease Control estimates, up to 20,400 cases of E. coli infection and 500 deaths from E. coli disease occur annually in the United States. Nearly three-quarters of all cases are directly linked to ground beef. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/pathogens/index.cfm?parent=37&articleID=41 Tim,
I am not sure your source, but I have submitted this as another source:

Escherichia Coli 0157:H7

What is E. coli O157:H7?

E. coli is a bacteria commonly found in cattle feces. According to Centers for Disease Control estimates, up to 20,400 cases of E. coli infection and 500 deaths from E. coli disease occur annually in the United States. Nearly three-quarters of all cases are directly linked to ground beef.

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/pathogens/index.cfm?parent=37&articleID=41

]]> Comment on HOW COLUMBUS CAUSED THE LITTLE ICE AGE, BY DENNIS T. AVERY by Avery: How Columbus allegedly caused the Little Ice Age | JunkScience.com http://www.cgfi.org/2011/12/how-columbus-caused-the-little-ice-age-by-dennis-t-avery/comment-page-1/#comment-1494 Avery: How Columbus allegedly caused the Little Ice Age | JunkScience.com Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:10:35 +0000 http://www.cgfi.org/?p=1400#comment-1494 [...] “HOW COLUMBUS CAUSED THE LITTLE ICE AGE, ” BY DENNIS T. AVERY Posted on December 31, 2011 by CGFI [...] [...] “HOW COLUMBUS CAUSED THE LITTLE ICE AGE, ” BY DENNIS T. AVERY Posted on December 31, 2011 by CGFI [...]

]]> Comment on HOW COLUMBUS CAUSED THE LITTLE ICE AGE, BY DENNIS T. AVERY by timothy brandt md http://www.cgfi.org/2011/12/how-columbus-caused-the-little-ice-age-by-dennis-t-avery/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 timothy brandt md Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:39:21 +0000 http://www.cgfi.org/?p=1400#comment-1485 Put a can of beer in the fridge and one on the kitchen table. Let them sit a day, then open them. (Then drink them. We don't want to be wasteful.) The warm one obviously gives rise to more head more quickly than the cold one. QED. Put a can of beer in the fridge and one on the kitchen table. Let them sit a day, then open them. (Then drink them. We don’t want to be wasteful.) The warm one obviously gives rise to more head more quickly than the cold one. QED.

]]> Comment on Contact CGFI by Ivan Ballard http://www.cgfi.org/contact/comment-page-1/#comment-1459 Ivan Ballard Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:16:05 +0000 http://s28003.gridserver.com/contact/#comment-1459 lvann.bllrdivan@gmail.com lvann.bllrdivan@gmail.com

]]> Comment on HOW TO PREVENT A “DUST BOWL” AFRICA, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY by Simon Hodgson http://www.cgfi.org/2010/06/how-to-prevent-a-%e2%80%9cdust-bowl%e2%80%9d-africa-by-dennis-t-avery/comment-page-1/#comment-1451 Simon Hodgson Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:14:21 +0000 http://www.cgfi.org/?p=939#comment-1451 If the answer to the question of turning African agriculture around was so simple - why has it not succeeded yet? Come and live here and farm here as I do and see for yourself the insecurities of land tenure to start with. As an 8th generation white African I am not considered an African - I have lost 3 farms - am fighting for the 4th one at the moment - so why should I farm sustainably. The tribalism, chieftainship - Lord of the Manor mentality is here to stay - when that changes and the people who love working the land are allowed to do so - then Africa will feed herself. Until then the person who wields the power will control what farming practices will occur. With or without Nitrogen fertiliser - get the politics correct and Africa will live - keep on as it is - the rest of the World will need to keep giving us handouts. I find your article trite and inaccurate. If the answer to the question of turning African agriculture around was so simple – why has it not succeeded yet?
Come and live here and farm here as I do and see for yourself the insecurities of land tenure to start with. As an 8th generation white African I am not considered an African – I have lost 3 farms – am fighting for the 4th one at the moment – so why should I farm sustainably. The tribalism, chieftainship – Lord of the Manor mentality is here to stay – when that changes and the people who love working the land are allowed to do so – then Africa will feed herself. Until then the person who wields the power will control what farming practices will occur. With or without Nitrogen fertiliser – get the politics correct and Africa will live – keep on as it is – the rest of the World will need to keep giving us handouts. I find your article trite and inaccurate.

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