Maybe we can talk about how we're draining California's aquifer to ship water to China in the form of alfalfa for their cows. Everyone's worried about oil but water's gonna be a big reason for war...
I was surprised to learn that nutrient export is a big issue in farming, particularly in places like Australia with crap soils. When you harvest crops for sale you are basically moving nutrients from the soil out your farm gate. Even wool removes a significant amount from the soil. Marginal land becomes more marginal unless you spend a bunch of money for fertiliser. But that's hard to afford because the land is marginal.
Maybe we can talk about how we're draining California's aquifer to ship water to China in the form of alfalfa for their cows. Everyone's worried about oil but water's gonna be a big reason for war...
I guess that leaves over 80 percent for domestic (animal) use.
When most Americans think of U.S. dairy, they picture cows roaming on the verdant pastures of Wisconsin. But in reality, they should replace that image with the tawny fields of California, the largest dairy producing state.
California produces more milk and cheese than anywhere else, including Wisconsin, the second biggest producer. California is in the middle of a megadrought, and dairy cows need loads of water. Some of that water is for the animals to drink and wash, but most of the water consumed by dairy is connected to what cows eat, in the form of feed and forage. (...)
Of the total irrigation water used to irrigate cattle feed, the Nature Sustainability study demonstrated that one-third went to dairy products (and the rest to beef products). In effect, eating cheese and drinking milk produced in the western U.S. typically means slurping up irrigation water taken from depleted water sources.
band name. Maybe we can talk about how we're draining California's aquifer to ship water to China in the form of alfalfa for their cows. Everyone's worried about oil but water's gonna be a big reason for war...
Maybe we can talk about how we're draining California's aquifer to ship water to China in the form of alfalfa for their cows. Everyone's worried about oil but water's gonna be a big reason for war...
Just-in-time manufacturing can lead to some interesting problems, but I hear people howling about the 25 days until diesel runs out and I wonder if they think that McDonalds has a year's supply of Big Macs sitting on the shelves too? HYPOTHETICAL because of course they do but you get my point.
Just-in-time manufacturing can lead to some interesting problems, but I hear people howling about the 25 days until diesel runs out and I wonder if they think that McDonalds has a year's supply of Big Macs sitting on the shelves too? HYPOTHETICAL because of course they do but you get my point.
i have a gasoline shortage about every three hundred and fifty miles
this happens at least three or four times a month
what gives?
Yeah, it seems kind of like saying your phone's battery will only power your phone for another 3 hours, but leaving out the part that says :"unless you charge it".
Of course, there's a never-ending supply. Isn't it. Fracking is a big help, next to...
Just-in-time manufacturing can lead to some interesting problems, but I hear people howling about the 25 days until diesel runs out and I wonder if they think that McDonalds has a year's supply of Big Macs sitting on the shelves too? HYPOTHETICAL because of course they do but you get my point.
Yeah, it seems kind of like saying your phone's battery will only power your phone for another 3 hours, but leaving out the part that says :"unless you charge it".
Just-in-time manufacturing can lead to some interesting problems, but I hear people howling about the 25 days until diesel runs out and I wonder if they think that McDonalds has a year's supply of Big Macs sitting on the shelves too? HYPOTHETICAL because of course they do but you get my point.
Once again, I'll raise my primary point that the quickest way to peace is with an abundance of oil. For a whole host of reasons. Peace through prosperity. Doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon with Biden once again declaring a fight to the death against the fossil fuel industry.
Ok, so connect the dots for me.
Your idea for the quickest way to an end to the Russia's military action against Ukraine is tied directly to oil and its availability? This will lead to peace? Please enlighten me as to what would be the ideal scenario to achieve that. Allocate all Ukrainian oil & natural gas production to Russia for the next 1, 2, 3, 5 years... or indefinitely? Or is Ukraine supposed to just give up all of their natural resource producing lands to Russia? Seems like that would certainly make Russia prosperous.... Ukraine?.... not so much.
How does Biden's support of alternative sources of energy (which is needed and inevitable though you would prefer to believe otherwise) even factor into a discussion of ending the conflict in Ukraine or maybe you just wanted to vent for venting sake?
...Here in the States we were recently informed that we have a 50 day supply of diesel. No diesel ? The country stops. No trucks, no trains, people freeze to death, especially in the Northeast. Then people starve with no food being shipped. And our asswhipe of a POTUS has drained our strategic reserve for a political ploy making things even more unsure...
you can replenish a lot of gas in 50 days if you set your mind to it. Consumption is also down significantly in 2022 (partly due to a mild autumn). Contrary to the Kremlin's line amplified by Tucker Carlson I believe, we are not too perturbed here in Europe. We are starting from a very high base line and can save a shit ton in gas consumption without it costing too much in the quality of life.
Germany wants to double its pledged support for the global protection of rainforests - from one to two billion euros. This was said by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, according to the speech transcript. The money is to be invested primarily in protecting the rainforests in the Congo Basin of Central Africa and in the Amazon region.
Well, yes. That's what I was referring to when I said at the back of Putin's cerebellum somewhere. But I think there is good evidence that oil and gas is not Putin's primary motive. All of the wars on Russia's borders have been about quelling local independence and restoring regimes aligned with Russia. Moreover, the timing of the 2022 invasion closely followed Lukashenko losing the election in Belarus (before getting reinstalled by Russia - i.e. a refusal to accept an election and getting installed by force - sound familiar?). I contend that what Putin is most afraid of is domestic unrest and the encroachment of western democracy. In fact, this IMO is the only prism to view the messages coming out of Russian TV which are an exercise in pure absurdity. So, sure, oil may play some role in his reasoning, but power and control is by far more important to him. This is also the only rationale that makes sense to him accepting all the downside risks attached with an invasion of Ukraine and holding Europe hostage in terms of oil and gas supplies. Risks that have now become manifest: 1) Europe's gas storage is 100% full.
There's no way Europe is going to ever rely on Russia for its supplies to the same extent ever again. He's lost his conventional army and is now hauling out old WWII stock to send to the front. Nor can he rebuild his army because of sanctions on essential western parts He's decimating his population of young fathers and is anyway facing a demographic crisis. It's possible that up to 700,000 people have fled Russia As for Ukraine.. it is true, like any country going through a massive transition from one-party rule to democracy there was a problem with corruption (Russia has the same issue) and a diversity of political parties jockeying for position. The invasion has changed all that. Putin has made a unified nation out of Ukraine. Another major fail on Putin's part, but Ukraine's gain. 76% of the nation favour fighting until victory,and this after all the losses and damage that the war has caused. They are not going to back down, regardless of what support they get from the west. 2) btw.. if you feel like reading something to balance out your diet of Tucker Carlson soundbites, you could try reading something like this.
1) Yeah, What does that mean ? I'll tell you what that means. You have a 9 to 10 week supply stashed. That's it. Then what ?
In finding that factoid I also found that the EU in general is at about 80 % capacity. Not much when you think in days.
Here in the States we were recently informed that we have a 50 day supply of diesel. No diesel ? The country stops. No trucks, no trains, people freeze to death, especially in the Northeast. Then people starve with no food being shipped. And our asswhipe of a POTUS has drained our strategic reserve for a political ploy making things even more unsure.
2) I'm still reading though I find it troubling find the author was an employee of the Wilson Center at the time this was written. The Wilson Center is at the center of Russian propaganda and disinformation over here.
Once again, I'll raise my primary point that the quickest way to peace is with an abundance of oil. For a whole host of reasons. Peace through prosperity. Doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon with Biden once again declaring a fight to the death against the fossil fuel industry.
