Laughable claim: Iowa corn growers lose $259 million each year to global warming

A report released today by Environment Iowa showed that Iowa corn growers lose $259 million a year because of global warming.

2008: Iowa's Sweet Corn A No-Show for July 4th Weekend » Market to Market - Bazaar Archive

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa sweet corn could be hard to come by for the July 4th weekend.

A double punch of a cold spring followed by wet fields and flooding means a delay in the traditional feast. It also means imported corn from Georgia and Florida for the cookout.

Wealthy to poor: Here’s your cardboard cooker « Green Hell Blog

Some thoughts:

* How do you cook when the sun goes down? Or are Africans supposed to be tucked away in their beds by then wrapped in that other 21st century western “technology” offered by the greens — i.e., mosquito netting?
* Why doesn’t HP sponsor a contest to figure out development projects that would enable poor Africans to obtain the money they need to obtain electricity, water & sewer, etc.?
* Isn’t the Kyoto Box, at best, like putting a band-aid on a cancer lesion?
* Isn’t it interesting how the purpose of the contest is to avert climate change rather than to help poor Africans lead a better life? if you’re a poor African, do you really care about atmospheric carbon dioxide and mean global temperatures 100 years from now?
* How much climate change could possibly be caused by poor Africans cooking on wood fires in the first place?
* Doesn’t it seem like the only true beneficiaries are Bohmer (who will profit obscenely by assembling some cardboard, plastic and foil) and the corporations who can earn carbon credits (while continuing to emit greenhouse gases) and score PR points.