Reposted from the NoTricksZone
By P Gosselin on 20. April 2021
The COVID crisis worked wonderfully for the cheerleaders and addicts of lockdowns. It showed that it was indeed possible to panic the pubic enough to get them to accept restrictions and lockdowns.
WANTED: NEW CRISIS TO SUCCEED COVID 19
But everyone knows that the days are numbered for the COVID crisis, and so another crisis will be needed if the wonderful lockdowns and restrictions are to continue. But the “climate crisis” is just so old and much of public just isn’t buying it. Another crisis is needed to fan the flames of panic and to keep liberty at bay.
What could it be?
One crisis now circulating is the “global water crisis”. That, in combination with the global warming crisis, of course is leading to mass crop failures, thirst and later mass starvation in hundreds of millions, unless we act (lockdown) now.
In a brand new interview, yet another balding European doomsday scientist is warning we are now in the midst of a global water crisis – and of course time is running out and fundamental changes need to be enacted rapidly, among them a meat lockdown.
In a new interview, Potsdam Climate Institute (PIK) researcher, Prof. Dr. Dieter Gerten says the “increasing water shortage” is due to population growth and of course “climate change”.
Signs of course are forest fires in California and Oregon caused by severe drought. And using just three years of below normal rainfall as scientific evidence, even Germany is allegedly drying out, Gerten suggests.
Warmer means drier?
Gerten warns that even with a global warming of just 2 degrees, water shortages in some regions would worsen significantly. Never mind what experts like the NOAA claim – omething Gerten avoids mentioning.
For Europe, Gerten is predicting much wetter winters, and extremely drier summers, and warns this will have dire consequences for agriculture.
Water as a human right
As a solution, Gerten cited Peter Gleick in suggesting a new integrated eco-system management and water ethic that views water as a human right.
To limit evaporation from agricultural land, Gerten suggests covering croplands with straw to hold in the moisture. Another solution is rainwater harvesting in ponds for use during dry periods. “Field studies show that crop yields can be doubled, or even quadrupled, simply by using water better, ” Gerten explains.
Why do PIK scientists know this, and farmers don’t?
“Not long ago, we calculated globally that if such measures were implemented on all existing agricultural land, then we would find massive production increases everywhere that is colored green (17:42) […] yields would increase without having to use one drop of water more.”
Gerten warns that climate change is going to make food far more difficult, especially in the red-colored regions (20:50) due to more heat and drought.
Veggie diet can save 40% water
Later Gerten suggests that the water crisis could be in large part averted by humans adopting a vegetarian diet, which according to one study (Vanham et al 2016) requires some 40% less water for food production.
That’s the aim: to turn everyone into vegetarians. The meat lockdown is in the pipeline.
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How interesting that the PTB are trying to encourage vegetarian and vegan diets, while discouraging meat consumption. It couldn’t have anything to do with the essential amino and fatty acids prevalent in meats that are needed for full brain development and function!
The Pritikin Diet proved that starving oneself of high quality calories will induce weight lose, followed shortly by a welcomed death to stop the hunger pangs! Notice how the meteoric rise in diabetes rates followed shortly after the low fat diet gained government imprimatur!?
The Atkins diet got closer to reality, but the latest theories have early hominids developing their large brains specifically by feeding on the fats available in animal marrow and organs! All the protein available in the flesh is an added bonus, but long term we need the fats!
I like to think of avocados and guacamole as staples of my diet, and butter and healthy oils are good sources of fat! I love my fresh salads and vegetables; especially a Bleu cheese steak salad; but you’re not going to take my meat away until you pry my BBQ utensils from my cold, dead fingers
According to the Vanham et.al. 2016 diagram, we do not need to expand the food production of those other areas. What will take the place of the lost protein?
we will become supplementovores like the other vegans. Your lost protein, b12 and other essentials will come to you from a government approved factory.
Someone needs to explain to these morons that humans are omnivores. Our system was not intended to be vegetarian. Animal protein is good. It’s healthful and those who believe otherwise are ignorant.
Another quack wants on the bandwagon scam.
Heat rarely reduces crops.
Only the most severe droughts reduce crops. Yet droughts rarely prevent crops.
Severe cold does prevent crops.
Too short a growing season prevents crops.
Too cold a Fall season inhibits ripening, reducing crops.
Too cold a planting season causes germination failures and can prevent a crop.
It is notable that Gerten makes claims about water storage and usage that have been in practice for hundreds of years.
Another arm chair urban loon telling the experts what to do…
“Another solution is rainwater harvesting in ponds for use during dry periods. “Field studies show that crop yields can be doubled, or even quadrupled, simply by using water better, ” Gerten explains.”
Rain water harvesting.
Here’s a thought.
With all the “infrastructure” money Biden and the Dems are throwing around, why not spend a few bucks on building dams? Maybe the dams could even have their discharge turn a turbine that makes electricity?
That could power these things called “pumps” to move the water into an irrigation system!
It isn’t just a matter of money. Dams require a narrow canyon to minimize the construction time and costs. They require a water supply that won’t silt up the canyon before the construction costs are amortized. Almost all of the best sites, outside of Wilderness Areas, have already been built.
Because there are side effects, such as impeding the migration of fish, preservationists have managed to get some dams taken out, and are working on expanding the destruction of dams.
We aren’t all on the same team. Personally, I have mixed feelings about dams because they trade wilderness recreation opportunities for more highly regulated, and artificial, recreation like water skiing, house boat parties, and jet skis.
“Signs of course are forest fires in California and Oregon caused by severe drought.”
We have had no drought in Oregon. Plenty of rain in west slope Cascade forests. Our 2020 fires were arson-set and Let It Burn in unmanaged forests where fuels had been accumulating for 100+ years.
Prof. Dr. Dieter Gerten is a liar. What a jerk.
Cover all croplands with straw?
But where do we grow the straw?
Do we cover straw fields with straw too?
Where do we get the straw for that?
Still other straw fields?
Sounds gre….he-ee-ee-eeey, wait a second!
You have stumbled on a truism. It would seem that liberals are better at circular reasoning than linear reasoning.
To quote Professor Andy Pitman, a lead Author of the UN IPCC,from a presentation at University of New South Wales in June,2019-
“There is no reason why in a warming world the planet would become more arid”.
He is entirely correct and Australia is becoming warmer,slightly over the latest ‘climate normal’ of 1990-2020,and wetter,not warmer and drier.
Or has Australia warmed at all this century? That is another debate.
In addition, the entire theory of the ‘enhanced greenhouse effect’ relies on increasing water vapour as a strong feedback.
A little consistency on these issues would be helpful in the debate.
It is all about continuing FEAR. FEAR allows freedoms to be taken from those that can be duped in to trading hard won freedoms for security. As we all know, those that would trade their freedoms for security will deserve and receive neither.
The fear (read propaganda) needs to always be in the public sphere- if they relent, people start to wake up. Then it is time to change the narrative
The answer must be – more CO2. “The Science” says it makes plants more drought resistant!
maybe the hydrogen cheer club should read this
need a 1000 litres of water to produce 100kg of hydrogen
This is the large existential risk for water if we try to use hydrogen as an energy source
Won’t the rising oceans take care of the water shortage?
desal only doubles the amount of power required making hydrogen even less sensible and cost more $5/m3 to make desal /deionised water required for electrolysers (current cost WA)
I recall headlines like: ~= “This hurricane is proof of global warming. Soon, we will be drowning all along our coasts in constant rainfall and floods from hurricanes brought on by global warming.”
I had thought that their argument was that global warming / climate change meant more water vapor in the atmosphere due to increased evaporation of the oceans (and ice melting, too) – which would mean more rain water, globally, but just in more severe storms, etc.
Is their argument changing already? It’s almost as if the alarmist argument changes to whatever is most convenient at that particular moment, forget was was argued last week… Nah, couldn’t be.
Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds?
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