Posted on 03/17/2022 4:22:44 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Over the last 50 years, the average temperature on St. Patrick’s Day in Madison has increased by more than 3 degrees. Madison isn’t alone; close to 97% of weather stations in the United States have seen an increase in average spring temperatures since 1970 (data collected from the Applied Climate Information System).
Climate change may have a big impact on the unofficial drink of St. Patrick’s Day: beer. Three of the key ingredients are quite fragile when it comes to rising temperatures and prolonged drought.
Large qualities of water are required to brew beer; water makes up much of the physical beer in the glass and is necessary for growing hops and barley. Limited water resources could lead to future problems for the beer industry.
Barley is a temperature-sensitive plant, and temperature extremes could cause a significant drop in production.
As for hops, the ingredient most in control of a beer’s specific flavor, the future could become a battle of quality. While the plant appears to survive high temperatures, the quality of the hops could be directly impacted by drought and extreme temperatures.
Hard to support the people who want WW3 in Europe, when they’re trying to take my beer away too.
Not at all sure why a link to wiki doesn’t post well.
Wasn’t it in the 70’s when we were all supposed to freeze to death from global cooling and the next ice age?
Did you mean ‘melted’?
https://www.vice.com/en/article/gvkmpq/this-canadian-brewery-is-turning-icebergs-into-beer
“Not at all sure why a link to wiki doesn’t post well.”
My old iPad software can’t see Wikipedia stuff.
But it was broken using Android too.
I saw the graph. Thanks.
Not sure the relevance to my comment.
Am I to take it you are a proponent of global warming due to CO2?
Since Madistan has had a string of Demonrat Communist Mayors for 5 decades, I blame the Communists.
I had not seen that plot before.
It’s interesting that it shows a strong trend downward of solar incidence to Erf, while showing a strong increase in Gorebal Warming.
It’s a more than a bit curious, but then GISS is stirring the soup....
Yes. Melted/molten. I struggled briefly with the choice of adjective there. Settled on “molten.” I think that they are synonymous...
molten
[ mohl-tn ]
adjective
liquefied by heat; in a state of fusion; melted:
molten lead.
melt
See synonyms for: melt / melted / melting / molten on
verb (used without object), melt·ed, melt·ed or mol·ten [mohl-tn], melt·ing.
to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
Without Men drinking Beer, she would probably Never get Laid, maybe that’s why she is worried?
I think most English speakers think of the effects of actual fire on a material, when they hear ‘molten’.
Monkeys could fly out of my butt as well…
Fair enough. I’m a Chemist, so probably have a slightly different point-of-view.
Well, it might be a good idea to come down from your professional height, when speaking to the general public :-)
They'll do whatever it takes to entice you, LOL!
And, I can relate! When I heard last week that President Potato Head was banning the import of Vodka and Diamonds from Russia, I felt the same way!
Actually, I have plenty of diamonds and I'm a Sobieski Gal, anyway! ;) (Polish Vodka.)
Did not read more than the headline. Has to be a joke.
CAGW certainly did not affect my choices... nor will it ever.
Why would the production of beer be adversely affected by global warming? Beer was invented in Egypt, not known for its cold weather, and good beer can be found in tropical countries such as Mexico, Thailand and India.
“These people will shut their pie holes when the Yellowstone Caldera blows...”
a. It will be SPECTACULAR!
b. No, they won’t! :)
Dana has that classic, ‘Midwest Beefy-ness’ so many of us gals have in this part of America.
What separates her from the herd is her stupidity. Conservative Wisconsin Gals are pretty smart! ;)
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