Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Blago and Ethanol - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online
Not sure which is the bigger scam
Alarmist video claims that CO2 is making plants go extinct, "because pollinators are changing their timing, but plants aren't"


Stunningly stupid suggestion that moderate warming would be BAD for upper Midwest corn growers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say climate change could produce warmer growing seasons that could result in an increase in pests that feed on corn and other crops.

Warmer growing seasons and milder winters could allow some insects to expand their territory and produce an extra generation of offspring each year, said Purdue University Associate Professor Noah Diffenbaugh.

"The greatest potential range expansion was seen with the corn earworm, which is known to infest other high-value crops such as sweet corn and tomatoes," said Diffenbaugh, interim director of the Purdue Climate Change Research Center. "Warming could allow populations to survive the winter in the upper Midwest … as well as areas of the West where other high-value crops are grown."

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