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Post by nautonnier on Oct 22, 2015 18:03:26 GMT
It is a moot point, if you are reliant on government funding whether that is student loan, subsidies on crops, or social security, you become very much dependent on the government. Whether that makes you a government servant....
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Post by icefisher on Oct 22, 2015 19:19:55 GMT
It is a moot point, if you are reliant on government funding whether that is student loan, subsidies on crops, or social security, you become very much dependent on the government. Whether that makes you a government servant.... Actually there is a big divide between being a civil servant and one who is dependent on the government. This goes to my number one pet peeve regarding AGW. In the 19th century civil servants were all appointed positions such that when a party took power they fired all the civil servants and hired new ones as rewards for supporting the party. Thats the current state of for all those receiving funds today, except for true civil servants. It started with the Civil Service Act in Grant's administration. Corruption tried to destroy it and it culminated in the assassination of President Garfield causing a stronger act to be put in place the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act in 1883. Finally there is the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 that reorganized the civil service commission into three agencies: the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). However a strong shift to grant giving is serving to circumvent the basic honesty that comes from a protected civil service. I am convinced from years of interacting with various civil service departments over the past 4 decades that we would not have a global warming alarmism issue if all this had not been siphoned away from the civil service into the tainted world of politics and money. A couple of years ago I gave some testimony in a federal agency process and requested they assign a highly qualified employee of NOAA to a international delegation. Afterwards the employee I hoped they would pick being most acutely attuned to the particular issue at hand quipped to me "You mean you actually want to assign somebody to that delegation who is actually getting paid to come up with the right answer?" and I told him I was hoping they would pick him. Job protection provides the sort of insulation that is needed for civil servants to be properly motivated to do good science. If he doesn't do it then and only then do the politicians have grounds to remove him and that requires a full airing of the science at hand and a convincing case that the employee went beyond science. Obviously its not perfect but a myriad of laws do a good job of helping ensure money is not an issue.
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Post by sigurdur on Oct 28, 2015 4:15:37 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Oct 29, 2015 11:52:56 GMT
I do hope there is enough storage as these may be the last years of 'plenty' if Astro and others forecasting cooling are correct.
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Post by walnut on Nov 16, 2015 13:55:39 GMT
Neat picture Code
The danger is that the hot summer and low harvest will radicalize those teenagers and turn them into jihadis.
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 28, 2015 3:47:25 GMT
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Post by fredzl4dh on Nov 28, 2015 12:22:23 GMT
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Post by fredzl4dh on Jan 3, 2016 2:04:59 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 17, 2016 21:22:54 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 17, 2016 21:45:30 GMT
Looking bad for farmers. For now ... but it will change. I have a question for you Sig. May sound strange ... but ... how long does it take a 'pile' of grain to start to mold if you leave it out and maybe cover it with straw or silage or whatever? In Flagstaff I became a bit of a flower gardener ... to do that in those rocky soils you have to amend them liberally. Behind the house on a slope were years of pine needles (many feet) that had been slowly decomposing for years. The 'white mold' was extensive. I have NEVER had such a crop of flowers. Talk about fertilizer ... it would put miracle grow to shame. Of course I mined it out over time and the garden was never the same again. BUT ... I would have paid a premium price for that kind of result. And so would have all the 'old ladies' in the neighborhood. Just wondered if you think the grain would ferment and rot before you could get a good 'white mold' growing in it. Told you ... a strange question ... but it beat the hell out of manure for small intensive non-food operations. "White Gold".
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 17, 2016 21:57:28 GMT
If the grain is in good condition when piled on the ground, and it is on a slight rise so water drains away, it will stay in condition for well over a year. Snow is the worst to happen to it, as that is a slow melt. The pile will get a 1/2" crust on it and it easily sheds rain, but the slow melt of snow will penetrate said pile.
Corn and wheat both store fairly well in a pile. Soybeans, so so. Barley terrible, as the shape of the kernel and the seed coat is not as resistant to moisture as corn/wheat/soybeans.
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 17, 2016 22:00:46 GMT
What happens during decomposition of carbon based biota is that the N/P/K etc are easily absorbed. Once the decomposition takes place fully, if there is much calcium in the soil, it will chemically bond to the P and K. Another bonding agent is salts.
So, you have the best of all worlds in a compost pile. Hence, your lovely flowers.
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 12, 2016 18:48:49 GMT
theconversation.com/how-the-great-phosphorus-shortage-could-leave-us-short-of-food-54432You know that greenhouse gases are changing the climate. You probably know drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce, and that we’re living through a mass extinction. But when did you last worry about phosphorus? It’s not as well-known as the other issues, but phosphorus depletion is no less significant. After all, we could live without cars or unusual species, but if phosphorus ran out we’d have to live without food. Good article, but some misinformation in it. 1. Phosphorous does NOT leach, nor "run off" as the author claimed. He/she is spot on in regards to spreading it back on soil. Problem is, you can't do that anymore. Food safety laws prevent that from happening. Yes, lack of phosphorous will become an issue in the next 30 years!
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 19, 2016 15:22:35 GMT
The worlds food stocks continue to grow. At some point, so many farmers/areas will go broke that the growth will level off.
But this warming sucks, if you are a farmer. IF you go to a grocery store, you should clap your hands in glee tho.
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Post by Ratty on Feb 19, 2016 22:49:26 GMT
theconversation.com/how-the-great-phosphorus-shortage-could-leave-us-short-of-food-54432You know that greenhouse gases are changing the climate. You probably know drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce, and that we’re living through a mass extinction. But when did you last worry about phosphorus? It’s not as well-known as the other issues, but phosphorus depletion is no less significant. After all, we could live without cars or unusual species, but if phosphorus ran out we’d have to live without food. Good article, but some misinformation in it. 1. Phosphorous does NOT leach, nor "run off" as the author claimed. He/she is spot on in regards to spreading it back on soil. Problem is, you can't do that anymore. Food safety laws prevent that from happening. Yes, lack of phosphorous will become an issue in the next 30 years! Even before any discussion about phosphorus, the mood is set: " You know that greenhouse gases are changing the climate. You probably know drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce, and that we’re living through a mass extinction." We're doomed.
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