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someone who may or may not be Big Agra
2012-02-28 12:49:57.0
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Pay no attention! We have the situation under control! Your foolish government "scientists" don't have the motivation to be truthful, unlike our private scientists! Become a stockholder now! Reap the benefits of privatization of America's farms!
20 signs we eat too much fucking corn, wheat, and soybeans.
someone who may or may not be Big Agra: Pay no attention! We have the situation under control! Your foolish government "scientists" don't have the motivation to be truthful, unlike our private scientists! Become a stockholder now! Reap the benefits of privatization of America's farms!
you mean the Big Government subsidies for Manhattan farmers?
you mean the Big Government subsidies for Manhattan farmers?
My completely unreliable guess is that we'll get bitchslapped due to our growing reliance on single-strain agriculture before we run out of water for crops.
People with lawns in the desert will be the first to feel the pinch as we divert water to food production.
People with lawns in the desert will be the first to feel the pinch as we divert water to food production.
fatsean: My completely unreliable guess is that we'll get bitchslapped due to our growing reliance on single-strain agriculture before we run out of water for crops.People with lawns in the desert will be the first to feel the pinch as we divert water to food production.
people with lawns should be shunned
people with lawns should be shunned
gradivus: No, meat is is good for you. It should all be grass fed anyway.
It takes a lot of water to keep those animals hydrated.
It takes a lot of water to keep those animals hydrated.
fatsean: My completely unreliable guess is that we'll get bitchslapped due to our growing reliance on single-strain agriculture before we run out of water for crops.
People with lawns in the desert will be the first to feel the pinch as we divert water to food production.
If only we lived on a planet 3/4 covered in water!!!!!!!!
People with lawns in the desert will be the first to feel the pinch as we divert water to food production.
If only we lived on a planet 3/4 covered in water!!!!!!!!
czarangelus: people with lawns should be shunned
I have a lawn, but I don't water it or fertilize it. It's mostly moss anyway due to the trees. Then again, I live in a temperate climate.
I have a lawn, but I don't water it or fertilize it. It's mostly moss anyway due to the trees. Then again, I live in a temperate climate.
gradivus: If only we lived on a planet 3/4 covered in water!!!!!!!!
if only we could drink sea water!
if only we could drink sea water!
"the Ogallala Aquifer is being depleted at an astounding pace."
- The blog author really needs to define "astounding".
"When that water is gone we will be in a world of hurt."
- A world of hurt is also an interesting choice of terms.
Sounds like the blog author's been reading some early 90s scifi:
Near-total depletion of the aquifer figures as a minor plot device contributing to the second Dust Bowl in David Brin's futuristic novel, Earth (1990)
- The blog author really needs to define "astounding".
"When that water is gone we will be in a world of hurt."
- A world of hurt is also an interesting choice of terms.
Sounds like the blog author's been reading some early 90s scifi:
Near-total depletion of the aquifer figures as a minor plot device contributing to the second Dust Bowl in David Brin's futuristic novel, Earth (1990)
totalsecurity: Whales can, why can't we?
Install Gland
While your global bioengineering idea is certainly ambitious, I think that nuclear desalination plants are a little more feasible.
Install Gland
While your global bioengineering idea is certainly ambitious, I think that nuclear desalination plants are a little more feasible.
the sonic dildo: We are made to eat meat.
We're made to eat both plants and animals. It's not going to hurt to mix in an extra salad or two once in a while, was my point.
We're made to eat both plants and animals. It's not going to hurt to mix in an extra salad or two once in a while, was my point.
quinblake: "the Ogallala Aquifer is being depleted at an astounding pace."
- The blog author really needs to define "astounding".
"When that water is gone we will be in a world of hurt."
- A world of hurt is also an interesting choice of terms.
Sounds like the blog author's been reading some early 90s scifi:
Near-total depletion of the aquifer figures as a minor plot device contributing to the second Dust Bowl in David Brin's futuristic novel, Earth (1990)
Maybe the Large Hardon Collider created an artificial black hole after all.
- The blog author really needs to define "astounding".
"When that water is gone we will be in a world of hurt."
- A world of hurt is also an interesting choice of terms.
Sounds like the blog author's been reading some early 90s scifi:
Near-total depletion of the aquifer figures as a minor plot device contributing to the second Dust Bowl in David Brin's futuristic novel, Earth (1990)
Maybe the Large Hardon Collider created an artificial black hole after all.
quick1: We're made to eat both plants and animals. It's not going to hurt to mix in an extra salad or two once in a while, was my point.
As long as it's a taco salad. WHARR'S THE BEEF? :)
As long as it's a taco salad. WHARR'S THE BEEF? :)
fatsean: I have a lawn, but I don't water it or fertilize it. It's mostly moss anyway due to the trees. Then again, I live in a temperate climate.
I have a lawn, I have never once watered it.
My yard is a Darwinian utopia, you adapt or die.
I have a lawn, I have never once watered it.
My yard is a Darwinian utopia, you adapt or die.
valaru: I have a lawn, I have never once watered it.
My yard is a Darwinian utopia, you adapt or die.
+1
Fucking awesome. Mine too.
My yard is a Darwinian utopia, you adapt or die.
+1
Fucking awesome. Mine too.
someone who may or may not be Big Agra: Pay no attention! We have the situation under control! Your foolish government "scientists" don't have the motivation to be truthful, unlike our private scientists! Become a stockholder now! Reap the benefits of privatization of America's farms!
Stupid 1930s Big Agra.
Stupid 1930s Big Agra.
fatsean: My completely unreliable guess is that we'll get bitchslapped due to our growing reliance on single-strain agriculture before we run out of water for crops.
People with lawns in the desert will be the first to feel the pinch as we divert water to food production.
Considering that about half the water used by a household in a year is used on the lawn...you're likely correct. After that, golf courses and cemeteries I think.
People with lawns in the desert will be the first to feel the pinch as we divert water to food production.
Considering that about half the water used by a household in a year is used on the lawn...you're likely correct. After that, golf courses and cemeteries I think.
gradivus: If only we lived on a planet 3/4 covered in water!!!!!!!!
Go ahead and switch to sea water for your daily liquid intake. We'll buy you a nice headstone that says
Gradivus: he did it for the lulz
Go ahead and switch to sea water for your daily liquid intake. We'll buy you a nice headstone that says
Gradivus: he did it for the lulz
farkmeblind: Considering that about half the water used by a household in a year is used on the lawn...you're likely correct. After that, golf courses and cemeteries I think.
That must have been a hell of a sample of households that had both their own golf course and a personal cemetery.
That must have been a hell of a sample of households that had both their own golf course and a personal cemetery.
sabine: That must have been a hell of a sample of households that had both their own golf course and a personal cemetery.
Putting the ass in smart ass...;^D
You know very well I meant after households, the next largest water uses (retail) are probably golf courses and cemeteries.
Non-retail is probably manufacturing.
Putting the ass in smart ass...;^D
You know very well I meant after households, the next largest water uses (retail) are probably golf courses and cemeteries.
Non-retail is probably manufacturing.
sabine: That must have been a hell of a sample of households that had both their own golf course and a personal cemetery.
I'm going to be making $1.7 million graveyards this year. Eager lasers. Hic.
I'm going to be making $1.7 million graveyards this year. Eager lasers. Hic.
farkmeblind: You know very well I meant after households, the next largest water uses (retail) are probably golf courses and cemeteries.
I'd guess agriculture is more than home use. USGS lumps golf courses and cemeteries along with ag under "irrigation", and that's 30% (compared with 11% for public consumption). The huge elephant in the room (which I never would have guessed) is thermoelectric power plants - almost 50%. Manufacturing is tiny - only 4%.
I'd guess agriculture is more than home use. USGS lumps golf courses and cemeteries along with ag under "irrigation", and that's 30% (compared with 11% for public consumption). The huge elephant in the room (which I never would have guessed) is thermoelectric power plants - almost 50%. Manufacturing is tiny - only 4%.
quinblake: "the Ogallala Aquifer is being depleted at an astounding pace."
- The blog author really needs to define "astounding".
"When that water is gone we will be in a world of hurt."
- A world of hurt is also an interesting choice of terms.
Sounds like the blog author's been reading some early 90s scifi:
Near-total depletion of the aquifer figures as a minor plot device contributing to the second Dust Bowl in David Brin's futuristic novel, Earth (1990)
I was headed in a similar direction. I was hearing the plot of several Next Generation episodes where Geordi and Wesley, at the last second, saved an entire planet of humanoids in mauve onesies from total weather-related annihilation while Riker had an affair with the world's leader with flowing hair and non-ugly facial differences for being from another world..... Ok, taking a breath now.
- The blog author really needs to define "astounding".
"When that water is gone we will be in a world of hurt."
- A world of hurt is also an interesting choice of terms.
Sounds like the blog author's been reading some early 90s scifi:
Near-total depletion of the aquifer figures as a minor plot device contributing to the second Dust Bowl in David Brin's futuristic novel, Earth (1990)
I was headed in a similar direction. I was hearing the plot of several Next Generation episodes where Geordi and Wesley, at the last second, saved an entire planet of humanoids in mauve onesies from total weather-related annihilation while Riker had an affair with the world's leader with flowing hair and non-ugly facial differences for being from another world..... Ok, taking a breath now.
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