Global warming may devastate Southern agriculture and its going to be their own fault

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Cypress

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The consequences of voting for knuckle dragging, wingnut politicians, and not caring about anything but God, guns, and bibles, and spending two decades denying global warming...it may be time to pay the price for ignorance


the conservative South is shooting itself in the foot by siding with politicians (that would be Republicans) who deny the existence of global warming. Why? Because according to a new study, America's South will be among the world's regions worst hit by the impact of global warming on local agriculture.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...1.html?hpid=moreheadlines&sid=ST2007111800526

according to this piece, the american south will be hardest hit

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Well, southern agriculture has a history of hurting the country. Losing it altogether and going industrial might be a good thing for all of us, right? :)
 
We already know you hate us 3D.

You blame the South for the decline of states' rights, which is a stupid argument if I ever heard one.
 
Threedee said:
Well, southern agriculture has a history of hurting the country. Losing it altogether and going industrial might be a good thing for all of us, right? :)
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Damn, I've spent 15 years listening to you guys deny global warming, and now you suddenly pivot on a dime to say global warming will be good for us.

I'm going to miss southern peanuts and crawfish :crybaby:
 
Cypress said:
The consequences of voting for knuckle dragging, wingnut politicians, and not caring about anything but God, guns, and bibles, and spending two decades denying global warming...it may be time to pay the price for ignorance
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Some southern countries could ease up on their industrial outputs as well. Land use is questionable too - everything from aqua-culture to deforestation from slash and burn is bad for the overall well being of the planet. Do you think their behaviors within their own environments would change had you had a different president? Given the actual commitment to Kyoto, how do you think a environmentally friendly president could really change things, abroad?
 
Warren said:
We already know you hate us 3D.

You blame the South for the decline of states' rights, which is a stupid argument if I ever heard one.
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In most things held dear to anyone, there has been a long history of people setting a bad example. That is generally why Americans are always encouraged to be moderates (whose only crime is indecision)...

Unfortunately, the South set such a piss poor example of localism that it inevitably lost the rest of us (Westerners in my case) the same privileges that they got caught serverely abusing.

Sure, there may be a 10th Amendment, but there are always ways around the facts. Anyway, its pretty damn annoying. But the South will always have the Rebel flag to wave, even if it loses agriculture.
 
Said1 said:
Some southern countries could ease up on their industrial outputs as well. Land use is questionable too - everything from aqua-culture to deforestation from slash and burn is bad for the overall well being of the planet. Do you think their behaviors within their own environments would change had you had a different president? Given the actual commitment to Kyoto, how do you think a environmentally friendly president could really change things, abroad?
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the problem isn't just george bush. The problem is institutional. To a large extent, because of a national republican party that largely remains in denial for political reasons, even though the vast majority of americans support some kind of aggressive action, both here and around the world.

The problem is also institutional, because you can't expect politicians to solve problems, without pressure from their constituency. Politicians don't do shit. They aren't agents of change. Institutional change always comes from the bottom up
 
Cypress said:
the problem isn't just george bush. The problem is institutional. To a large extent, because of a national republican party that largely remains in denial for political reasons, even though the vast majority of americans support some kind of aggressive action, both here and around the world.

The problem is also institutional, because you can't expect politicians to solve problems, without pressure from their constituency. Politicians don't do shit. They aren't agents of change. Institutional change always comes from the bottom up
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George Bush isn't evil.

51% of Americans are!
 
gonzojournals said:
I wonder, then, where food comes from, if agriculture died 100 years ago?
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Come on dummy... it is obviously being produced by the elitist northeastern wunderkind.... or perhaps it is produced by the smog infested liberal bastion of LA???? The heavily downtrodden unionized wasteland that is Detroit?

:rolleyes:
 
Superfreak said:
Come on dummy... it is obviously being produced by the elitist northeastern wunderkind.... or perhaps it is produced by the smog infested liberal bastion of LA???? The heavily downtrodden unionized wasteland that is Detroit?

:rolleyes:
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Not Detroit! The crops will fall victim to Devil's Night.
 
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