Community | February 04, 2009 | 11 comments

California Vineyards Could Disappear?

source: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-warming4-2009feb04,0,7454963.story

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Any questions about whether the Obama administration views global warming seriously were answered today by Nobel-prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, the new energy secretary.

If the United States does not act to curb global warming, California's farms and vineyards could vanish by the end of the century, Chu said today. He also warned of water shortages that loom in the West and Upper Midwest.
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11 comments // California Vineyards Could Disappear?

  • jimmypockets
  • akamaial
  • McCainiac
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      McCainiac  

    • I don't think we will have the technology to redirect the path that the Earth travels in orbit. If we are cycling in to a warmer period it may be wise to move to areas that won't be devistated or will benefit from the increase in temperatures. Quite whining and react to what you control. So far there's some preliminary data that suggests a warm up. If that's enough evidence for you, then get moving. I guess we can all send a dollar to Gore so he can fix it for us. Since he invented the internet, maybe he can change the path of planets.

    • 3 years ago
  • jimmypockets
  • charfman
  • Denica_Cassandra
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • You mean, the same Stephen Chu who at his hearing to be confirmed backtracked and stated that "clean coal" is now a viable energy solution? Does he realize how much water the coal industry wastes and pollutes in one day?

      And the water shortage is real. Snowpack from the Sierra Nevada is decreasing due to climate change. Unfortunately, so many refuse to see what is right in front of their eyes and will continue to waste it until the well runs dry, then cry that we need to use desalination that is Co2 intensive and only contributes to the problem.

    • 3 years ago
  • Lazybones
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      Lazybones  

    • I hear this year is going to be the worst drought on record. No doubt since we haven't had snow up in the mountains for over a month.

    • 3 years ago
  • akamaial
  • blknight
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      blknight  

    • We don't have a water issue, we have a technology issue. 3/4 Word is water. Need to develop a cheaper method of desalination.

    • 3 years ago
  • dariusvons
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      dariusvons  

    • water shortages? this is 2009... and weren't aqueducts built like 2000 years ago?... not to mention canal and irrigation technologies have improved at least a little in that time.

    • 3 years ago
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