tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post7955915478926754111..comments2024-01-16T13:06:15.270-06:00Comments on Climate Change: The Next Generation: Mark Shwartz: Heat waves and extremely high temperatures could be commonplace in the U.S. by 2039, Stanford study findsTenney Naumerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843130378338023902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-58185592117038152582010-07-18T13:17:30.535-05:002010-07-18T13:17:30.535-05:00Let's think this through a little bit more.
I...Let's think this through a little bit more.<br /><br />I lived in Greece for almost two years. I was there in July 1977 when the highest temperature ever recorded in Europe was recorded in Athens.<br /><br />I mostly lived on Santorini, which used to be full of grapevines.<br /><br />In the mornings, it hit 100 °F at 6 a.m. There was not a cloud in the sky for about six months.<br /><br />You know, at some point, plants need rain.<br /><br />If you look at orchards, I think you can see that the trees have to be spaced out, they take a few years before they can produce fruit, and they do that just once a year, usually.<br /><br />So, the same acreage of orange trees is not producing the same quantity of food as a piece of prime farmland, for example, even though it may be producing food that is healthier.<br /><br />If the world's population went back down to two billion or so, maybe it would be doable.Tenney Naumerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843130378338023902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579549341020421678.post-84470881089673520602010-07-17T14:01:34.863-05:002010-07-17T14:01:34.863-05:00Heat causes a reduction in wine grapes? Having wo...Heat causes a reduction in wine grapes? Having worked on a vineyard in Italy in the summertime, I find that hard to fathom.<br /><br />Also, wouldn't all this heat result in an increase in citrus crops, bananas and other "tropical" fruit being grown northward...these are far more healthy for us than grains.john bailohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856116708814148994noreply@blogger.com