http://www.globalwarming.org/2012/05/15/%e2%99%ab-corn-is-busting-out-all-over-%e2%99%ab-update-on-global-warming-and-the-death-of-corn/ Climate Change News & Analysis Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.globalwarming.org/2012/05/15/%e2%99%ab-corn-is-busting-out-all-over-%e2%99%ab-update-on-global-warming-and-the-death-of-corn/comment-page-1/#comment-69482 Marlo Lewis: ♫ Corn Is Busting Out All Over ♫ (Update on Global Warming and the Death of Corn) | JunkScience.com Thu, 17 May 2012 11:39:58 +0000 http://www.globalwarming.org/?p=14014#comment-69482 [...] Cooler Heads Share this:PrintEmailMoreStumbleUponTwitterFacebookDiggRedditLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted in Agriculture, Biofuels, Climate Change and tagged climate hysteria, climate models, dioxycarbophobia, irrational fears, weather superstition. Bookmark the permalink. ← Green Agenda In Disarray As German Chancellor Fires Environment Minister [...] [...] Cooler Heads Share this:PrintEmailMoreStumbleUponTwitterFacebookDiggRedditLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted in Agriculture, Biofuels, Climate Change and tagged climate hysteria, climate models, dioxycarbophobia, irrational fears, weather superstition. Bookmark the permalink. ← Green Agenda In Disarray As German Chancellor Fires Environment Minister [...]

]]> http://www.globalwarming.org/2012/05/15/%e2%99%ab-corn-is-busting-out-all-over-%e2%99%ab-update-on-global-warming-and-the-death-of-corn/comment-page-1/#comment-69472 James Thurber Tue, 15 May 2012 20:25:27 +0000 http://www.globalwarming.org/?p=14014#comment-69472 Here's what the RFA didn't tell you. Intensive corn cultivation requires the extensive use of nitrogen fertilizer, which results in the release of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 300 time more potent than CO2, into the atmosphere. In addition, it results in the contamination of aquifers and rivers with nitrates, which ultimately contribute to the expansion of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. In other words, displacing fossil fuel consumption with corn ethanol results in an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, as well as other environmental damage. Here’s what the RFA didn’t tell you. Intensive corn cultivation requires the extensive use of nitrogen fertilizer, which results in the release of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 300 time more potent than CO2, into the atmosphere. In addition, it results in the contamination of aquifers and rivers with nitrates, which ultimately contribute to the expansion of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. In other words, displacing fossil fuel consumption with corn ethanol results in an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, as well as other environmental damage.

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