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- Comment on Elevated CO2 and warming intensify plant reliance on soil nitrogen reserves despite intensive fertilization 16 hours ago:
Okay, the more I read the methods of their study the more “What the ever living fuck are these idiots doing?”
It’s a greenhouse study of a plugs in pots extracted from an established field. Okay, that works except … It’s an irregular mix of species including a legume. Sort of tossed the entire study into question. They discussed this issue a bit at the end and blew it off.
The source of fertilizer is mostly manure slurry. Okay odd choice given that manure slurry is known to vary dramatically in the balance of nutrient content and microbial composition. This massively effects its availability and uptake ratio into plants. Specifically important is a ratio of ammonium, nitrite and nitrate.
But there’s the a kicker they added in a heavy isotope of N (15N) in ammonia sulfate form as a marker into the manure. That’s how they attempted to tell the difference between existing soil N and N from the shit. Are you fucking kidding me…
What the study actually showed was plants under environmental stress uptake a heavier isotope of N at a slower rate. Their results have nothing to fucking do with where the plants extracted the nitrogen from (the soil or the manure). That’s not what they tested… Dumbasses.
- Comment on Toyohiro Akiyama deserved better 5 weeks ago:
Ryoko Kikuchi had appendicitis a week before launch.
She did eventually make it into space however.
- Comment on Stone tablet found with carved symbols that do not match any known language 5 months ago:
My guess - 1800’s origin.
People traveling around selling all sorts of ancient things like papyrus was in fashion and made a ton of money. All sorts of “ancient” things were also manufactured during the time period as well.
- Comment on Wyoming ranchers want to transition to solar. The state stands in their way. 6 months ago:
Supplemental irrigation, even in higher rainfall zones like Bavaria increase row crop yields by up to 30-50%. Everytime you drive past a non-irrigated field, up to 1/2 of the environmental damage is not needed if the countries invested in upgrading the water management system from the iron age.
50% more forests and nature, , 50% less chemicals and fertilizer used, etc… it all starts with water management.
- Comment on Wyoming ranchers want to transition to solar. The state stands in their way. 6 months ago:
2.47 acres = 1 hectare if I remember my conversions right. 1 hectare is 0.01 sq km.
3000 acres/2.47= 1215 hectares *.01= 12.15 sq km. You misplaced a decimal.
- Comment on Wyoming ranchers want to transition to solar. The state stands in their way. 6 months ago:
Jason boy has been more of parasite.
farm.ewg.org/persondetail.php?custnumber=A1252381…
1.2 million in subsidies since 2009.
- Comment on Wyoming ranchers want to transition to solar. The state stands in their way. 6 months ago:
Here’s the history Timmy boy accepting government handouts.
farm.ewg.org/persondetail.php?custnumber=A1181104…
He’s only at 1.35million since 2002.
- Comment on Wyoming ranchers want to transition to solar. The state stands in their way. 6 months ago:
They likely have pivot irrigation systems on quite a few fields plus the pumps. Generally costs around $50-$125/acre per year depending on the cost of electricity and length of irrigation season (Arizona irrigates 12months of the year, some high mountain areas irrigate for 2 months).
$150,000 ÷ $125/acre = 1,200 acres under irrigation. $150,000/$50/acre = 3000 acres under irrigation.
These are not poor little family farmers. These are both millionaires who likely inherited it all from mommy and daddy. They also likely accept all sorts of subsidy checks already from the government every year.
- Comment on Retirees 'stunned' as market turmoil over tariffs shrinks their 401(k)s 1 year ago:
I am thinking we haven’t seen anything yet on this one. This one could decrease the total value on the exchanges by 75% or better.
If the orange cheeto doesn’t reverse course, massive layoffs will begin in 2-3 months as companies run out of cash.
The great depression was so deep and long because they thought tariffs would help them get out of it. Surprise, it didn’t work.