Joined: Apr 28, 2006 Posts: 2897 Location: East Texas
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: Texas agriculture losses worst ever
Gazzatrone wrote:
I wonder how in a few years time the bleeding heart liberals that have practically called a stop to GM foods will act when the accusation is levelled back at them, that had Mankind been allowed, (without their Holier than thou attitude,) to develop drought resistant crops etc, we wouldn't be in this mess.
They really screwed up when they developed the Terminator gene. Sorry, but, I would be quite a supporter of GM if they hadn't created that. That changed those companies from relatively benevolent producers of an optional product that a farmer could choose; to companies that intend to acquire a physical monopoly on the means of growing food.
I love to buy a superior product, when it is optional, and I can choose a cheaper or free but less productive item if I want. However, the way they are pursuing the market, they do not want it optional, and they will find a way to charge you for it, even if you do not want it.
And if raising some red hearing health issues helps to beat up on companies that pursue such policies, I'm all for it. _________________ abundance fleeting
men falling like hungry leaves
decay masters all
The span of the current drought equals the multi-year dry period of the 1950s. It could go down as the worst ever without substantial rainfall by the end of the year...
..."We've never seen it go from bad to worse this fast before," he said. "It doesn't look like it's going to improve anytime soon."
We're seeing a lot of things go bad very quickly, aren't we? This had better be a cyclical thing and not a climatic trend.
Here we are wringing our hands and crying and stressing over the Peak Oil wolf at the front door, while the Global Warming velociraptor is about to come busting through the back door.
It's bad all over. Last weekend I went north to the ranch 25 mi North of the Texas border. It's disturbing to see nature outside of it's balance. The deer are all skinny and the does are having their fawns later in the season. Many ponds are non existant. There was almost no sign of any wildlife. Hay from Arkansas at is fetching $75 a bail in Texas vs the normal $35. _________________ In other words, it's a huge sh*t sandwich, and we're all gonna have to take a bite.-from Full Metal Jacket
Joined: Sep 06, 2004 Posts: 5315 Location: Smalltown New Zealand
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Texas agriculture losses worst ever
PrairieMule wrote:
It's bad all over. Last weekend I went north to the ranch 25 mi North of the Texas border. It's disturbing to see nature outside of it's balance. The deer are all skinny and the does are having their fawns later in the season. Many ponds are non existant. There was almost no sign of any wildlife. Hay from Arkansas at is fetching $75 a bail in Texas vs the normal $35.
What was that people we're saying? Oh, the third world will get the worst of it....
If you are not careful, somebody is going to say something like "Please do something".
Better ask Sir Bob if he can do another concert. _________________ "Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers." - Henry Louis Mencken
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: Texas agriculture losses worst ever
Purely by the law of large numbers, there is always someplace that must be having exceptional conditions.
If you picture the bell curve and apply it to "weather conditions". then there will be a tail at one end that is too dry and another tail at the other end that is too wet. That means that a few places will be in a drought and a few other places will be flooded, but the meat of the curve will be fairly normal.
Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 283 Location: Airstrip 1
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject: Re: Texas agriculture losses worst ever
Gazzatrone wrote:
I wonder how in a few years time the bleeding heart liberals that have practically called a stop to GM foods will act when the accusation is levelled back at them, that had Mankind been allowed, (without their Holier than thou attitude,) to develop drought resistant crops etc, we wouldn't be in this mess.
I bet they are the same people that are calling for our cars to be filled with ethanol now so we may all live a cleaner, greener lifestyle.
AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!
It's not possible to engineer crops that would be highly productive after months of zero or near-zero rainfall.
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