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Drought Is Causing U.S. Beef Prices To Skyrocket

Posted on June 17, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

Last year’s drought was so extreme that beef cattle herds are smallest herds since 1952. Rate of recovery is slow because cycle time is 4 years birth to slaughter. Cattle feed has more than doubled in price because of increasing … Continue reading →

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Rod Quantock’s “Wonderful World of Climate Change”

Posted on March 12, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

Rod has always been a hero of environmental perception and conscience. Here’s his particularly black humour to express what we have to look forward to. You need to sit down for this performance by our most powerful stand up performer. … Continue reading →

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Extreme thirst of coal fired power

Posted on February 10, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

Do we need to pipeline desal water to cool coal fired power stations, to make power for desal plant!?!? A typical coal-fired power plant can consume up to 11 million gallons of water to operate each day. During the 2011 … Continue reading →

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