Posts by Farmer Green
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Hard News: The Language of Climate, in reply to Tom Semmens,
our government . . . who see rivers mainly as convenient open sewers for
[cow ] shit.Not just our government - but in any case you are wrong about the cow shit. Depending on the area and river under consideration , the problem is either nitrate, or phosphorus (either in soil sediment or from urban discharge) or coliforms.
That's what the science says for what it's worth.That is not to say that successive governments have not been all in favour of agricultural intensification.
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Hard News: The Language of Climate, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
FFS , lighten up Ian :-).
Nice one.
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Hard News: The Language of Climate, in reply to Sacha,
<q>remains a mystery to me.</
For real?
"Because I am a denier , anything that I might choose to say about any aspect of the future of Godzone can safely be dismissed as denier nonsense/propaganda."That is not a big problem for me. If it is a problem for nobody, then it is not a problem at all. That being the case case I simply cannot contribute to the future prospects of Godzone , for the simple reason that I am a denier.
I can still provide for my descendants to whatever extent I think is appropriate for them. You would call that delusion , no doubt.
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I am a denier because I doubt that people in Godzone, 100 years from now , will be worse off than we are today.
I am a denier because I believe that if , 100 years from now, that most of the people in Godzone are worse off than we are today, it will be because of inequality, over-population, indebtedness to foreign interests, dissipation of capital (of various sorts), entrenchment of a class of elite . . . etc. etc. (feel free to add) and not because climate has made survival of humanity in Godzone nigh on impossible.Because I am a denier , anything that I might choose to say about any aspect of the future of Godzone can safely be dismissed as denier nonsense/propaganda.
DILLIGAF?
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Hard News: The Language of Climate, in reply to Chris Waugh,
and if China can do high speed rail (albeit at prices not much different from flying), why the hell can’t NZ?
Just electric rail would be a good start.
How does a high speed train in full flight cope with a significant earthquake? -
Hard News: The Language of Climate, in reply to Sacha,
Fewer cows seems to be an unspeakable option for some reason.
Indebtedness/banker pressure/virtual insolvency.
The least indebted farmers are able to make the transition out to a lower stocking rate/less environmental impact/higher profitability situation.Most are trapped in an obsolete paradigm, into which they were encouraged to enter by a mixture of greed , ignorance and self importance (the backbone of the country etc) and self -deception.
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Just in case nobody posted this; it may be of some relevance.
Or you may think that it’s half the problem.
Whatever.How to convert a sceptic (why would you ?) ;-
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Genetic engineering the bushy-tailed phalanger to alter the sex-ratio in offspring to 80% males : 20% females?
Now you're talking.
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GE ryegrass??? Both feet in the research grant trough?
http://www.dairynz.co.nz/news/pageid/2145881036
“Cows fed on mixed pasture excreted half the amount of nitrogen (N) in their urine compared to cows on standard pasture”, says Sharon“Reducing N losses has implications for greenhouse gas emissions and nitrate leaching.”
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Hard News: The Language of Climate, in reply to Chris Waugh,
“More immediate reasons to be cleaning up than climate change”
Say no more.