Dutch farmers, whose history of crop yields puts them among the most productive in the world, continue to protest rules that limit their use of nitrogen, a nutrient in commercial fertilizers that converts to nitrous oxide, which is feared as a greenhouse gas. Officials expected them to cut use 50% nationally, which means in some regions, the reductions will be as high as 95%.
The crippled farmers, their survival under attack, are, as they should be, revolting. Wytse Sonnema of the Netherlands Agriculture and Horticulture Organization told the Australian media:
"Imagine if you're a fifth-generation farmer, living on your land, making a living, being part of the local community" and suddenly there is "basically no future, no future for farming, but also no future for the economic, social, cultural fabric of the countryside. There's a broad sense of frustration, of anger, even despair amongst farmers at the moment."But political officials don't care about the effects of their tyranny. They're too dedicated to demonstrating before the world their great green cred.
Don't think that it can't happen here.
Canada, which exports tens of billions of dollars of agricultural products to the U.S. every year and is, unfortunately, "led" by boy Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, plans to force nitrogen cuts that will "decimate Canadian farming." And also don't think such a truly rancid idea won't easily make it across the border to Washington and blue state capitals itching to put more restrictions on an ostensibly free people to carry out their eco-madness.
Meanwhile, a year after announcing the country would become the world's first 100% organic nation, Sri Lanka is a "nation wrecked by green agricultural policies." Its agriculture sector is in such ruins that the country is begging Russia and India for fuel, the economy has collapsed, and there's not enough money to buy food. The Sri Lankan president, whose palace was stormed, will leave office Wednesday, and the outgoing prime minister as well as dozens of other politicians have nowhere to live because hungry and desperate protesters have burned down their houses.
Imagine this country had Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal become law. Its fanatical emissions cuts would have caused energy costs to soar, choked economic growth (it would be worse than it is now), and cost from $51 trillion to $93 trillion over its first decade. The Green New Deal was in fact initially conceived not as an environmental protection policy but rather as a "how-do-you-change-the-entire economy thing," according to the New York congresswoman's former chief of staff.
So far, we've avoided Ocasio-Cortez's reign of terror. But in California, the petty environmental tyrannies, centered on the wars on greenhouse gas emissions and plastics, continue to accumulate - and spread. California residents don't even have the freedom to throw away their food scraps as they see fit. They now must conform to the way government says it has to be done.
Of course, petty tyrannies can quickly and easily grow into totalitarianism. The step from "public servant" to green tyrant is shorter than most of us would think.
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And we have been witnessing it firsthand these past few years. Take Turdeau, for instance. Yes, please take him.......far away.
What the hell happened to them Truckers🛠🕰🏚🏕🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢🛢
I wonder whether tis time for an encore?
I think so. I hope it happens, and then this time how about finishing the job.
Ken
Use your brain bb and don’t let other emotions make ya all unstoic. Just ignore her ass, and let her sink or swim.
Meanwhile, worthwhile efforts are underway, and odds are she will realize soon enough. Either that, or she will have the same fate as the rest of us. She ain’t special - she sort of is the opposite. That’s what happens when you get too full of yourself. Puppets death - puppet to yourself.
Nitrogen gas as one could deduce being its preponderance is not very reactive and is mostly inert. Nitrogen Oxides are not because they are molecules formed from a combination of nitrogen and oxygen and oxygen is most reactive.
I mean I was picking a pepper the other day, and a dog in the neighborhood whose name was Oxy got close by and I ignored the dam dog for awhile, but then oxy got a bit too close and I turned to face the dog....I looked the dog in the eyes....I said "oxy - you best keep your distance.....". Buy the rights if you want to know the rest.
Ha, ha.
Ken
So, the process of converting nitrogen from the air that the plants can use is increased by using nitrogen fertilizer. That should be expected, like me planting inoculated clover to increase the nitrogen in my soil. The rain forests and the oceans giving off N2O apparently is no biggie.
The whole premise of the article was based on the 'global warming' scam. You have to accept the global warming BS in order to point fingers at carbon dioxide, methane and now the dreaded nitrogen fertilizers producing more N2O that trap heat in the atmosphere. If the global warming scam is discredited, then so is the fertilizer issue.
I don't ascribe to the climate change narrative, I support farmers one and all, but I'm not going to deny things are changing and too much flux is not good for any of us. At the end of the day, I suspect simple solutions beckon, the farmers sort of know this (I think), and the politcos are fixing to learn who really runs the show - it ain't them.
In my greenhouse I am installing 'hot plates' to help my vodka and beer production, also sauerkraut and kim chee. All those additions will not only increase the temperature within the greenhouse, but also the level of carbon dioxide.
All in all, I think I am on a better route for production of food than the absurd 'greenie' idea of trying to stop 'global warming/climate change'.
I expect you and I on on the same page of what I just posted.
The conversation continues, but being tomorrow is the 14th, I'm taking the day off to get the pub setup. If you care, come have a chair and I'll finish the story bout the two fanatics.....
The story isn't really that interesting, but I hope to tell others after the pub is open for business.
See you there metaphorically speaking.
#2 said to numero uno, now you know - you ain’t alone. Pub opens tomorrow, but I know tis on the forum hosted, and I respect the hosts here. Ken
What you think Ragar - Ragner Ragnar does the idea have a chance?
(Actually, I was writing a reply, or so I thought, and then realized that I had not clicked on the 'Add Reply' tab but the 'Add Comment' tab, so I felt that I had to write something, just to fill the box...)
Thanks for your latest comment on the GG Stones updated article, it restored my faith in humankind to know that some people still have the heart to intercept with intelligence and good-will, in order to quell a conflict between two people who supposedly have faith in the same Creator.
The Sri Lankan president, whose palace was stormed, will leave office Wednesday, and the outgoing prime minister as well as dozens of other politicians have nowhere to live because hungry and desperate protesters have burned down their houses.=====
While more news of more suffering is always hard to handle, the actions of the people in this case are the most heartening thing read in some time.
We also know that the psychopaths create chaos, and from chaos they think they can create order through martial law. In other words, this may be part of the plan that the Dutch farmers are falling into. Regardless, they need to stand up for their live and liberty.