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Biofuel Growth Is Decimating Wildlife Habitat in Corn Belt
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:25 am
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:25 am
This is a serious issue facing all hunters and fisherman. Conservation is important to me and I wanted to bring it to the attention to everyone on this board.
Field & Stream Link
Field & Stream Link
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In the words of these researchers, what is happening in the nation’s corn belt is analogous to the ecological disasters that have overtaken other areas of the planet where less developed nations have given profit margins a higher priority than a healthy environment – or fish, wildlife, hunting and fishing.
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This couldn’t be happening at a more dangerous time for waterfowl and upland birds, in particular. Drought is returning to much of the Midwest and Prairie states, and as climate scientists have been warning for close to a decade, global warming is making the impacts of this event much deeper and longer-lasting that recent cycles.
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Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:26 am to eyepooted
Damn hippies
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:26 am to eyepooted
I'm not even going to get started on this.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:28 am to 34venture
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I'm not even going to get started on this.
Same, life is too short.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:29 am to JAB528
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Damn hippies
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:30 am to eyepooted
Corn and biofuel are an interesting debate... The overwhelming majority of the educated/scholarly community agrees that global warming is happening..
There ecological benefits of the cleaner air from ethanol are tainted with the higher cost to produce ethanol when compared to gasoline, the effects on farmland listed in the article and also the overlooked impact which is an overall increase in the cost of food which impacts poor and lower income societal members.
There ecological benefits of the cleaner air from ethanol are tainted with the higher cost to produce ethanol when compared to gasoline, the effects on farmland listed in the article and also the overlooked impact which is an overall increase in the cost of food which impacts poor and lower income societal members.
This post was edited on 3/14/13 at 10:33 am
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:32 am to eyepooted
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global warming is making the impacts of this event much deeper and longer-lasting that recent cycles.
That's why we should have elected Al Gore. He would have fixed this problem and made sure we had no global warming.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:33 am to eyepooted
I'm no defender of ethanol but it isn't the cause of this. Corn is stealing acre from CRP and other crops. Farmers are NOT draining old wetlands. The Clean Water Act made it illegal 20+ years ago.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:33 am to treble hook
He was busy creating the internet...
Unfortunately, the US is but one small part of the GW problem. What's going on in Asia is the real story right now...
Unfortunately, the US is but one small part of the GW problem. What's going on in Asia is the real story right now...
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:34 am to wiltznucs
Do we still believe global warming is real?
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:35 am to wiltznucs
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What's going on in Asia is the real story right now...
Have you seen Al's presentations? He's got a plan to cool down Asia too.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:35 am to 34venture
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I'm not even going to get started on this.
Why not? I'm just concerned about the ducks and the fish. If there is something I'm missing, please enlighten me.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:37 am to Springfield XD
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The Clean Water Act made it illegal 20+ years ago.
The portion of the clean water act that is suppose to keep that from happening has changed. just FYI
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:37 am to eyepooted
It just makes my blood pressure go up when I start to think about it.
As am I.
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I'm just concerned about the ducks and the fish.
As am I.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:37 am to JAB528
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Do we still believe global warming is real?
When it is 105 and I am out in a field doing appraisals on crops I say "you damn right global warming is real".
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:38 am to JAB528
You could cover every square inch of the united states with corn and it would not be enough to meet the demands of US gasoline users.
This whole thing has decreased mpg, engine life, ran up cost per gallon, ran up cost of every livestock feed you can by, run up the costs of milk and cereals.
In other words, completely ineffective. On top of that, there is enough oil in the US and Canada to sustain us for years.
This whole thing has decreased mpg, engine life, ran up cost per gallon, ran up cost of every livestock feed you can by, run up the costs of milk and cereals.
In other words, completely ineffective. On top of that, there is enough oil in the US and Canada to sustain us for years.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:39 am to JAB528
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Do we still believe global warming is real?
Come to Dallas this year for Labor Day and spend three days out there on that hot asphalt. I'll make you a believer.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:40 am to Teyeger
I've worked outside for a livin most of my life, I honestly don't think the heat is any worse than its ever been. But I'd rather not turn this into a global warmin pissin contest.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:42 am to 34venture
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It just makes my blood pressure go up when I start to think about it.
Same here. It's important for outdoorsman & woman to keep this in the front of their minds.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 10:44 am to JAB528
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But I'd rather not turn this into a global warmin pissin contest.
This thread was suppose to be about ducks and fish. What I find interesting is that for the last couple of years DU and DW tell us that numbers are up yet, I don't see that. That, and that reason alone is the reason I thing that wetland depleation is a real issue. It isn't something that the yuppies are making up.
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