AGW is bunk, but the 16th century was actually damn cold. It was the Maunder minimum and the Thames froze over.
The important thing to remember is that we are a few degrees C colder than the Medieval Warm Period c. 1100.
Posted on 04/12/2008 11:06:20 AM PDT by blam
It looks like, once again, New Scientist needs an editor that is cognizant of a few rules of thumb.
20 inches of annual rainfall will grow 50 to 100 bushels of wheat per acre. 20 inches of rainfall on one acre is 2056 cubic meters. So 25,000 cubic meters will grow a bumper wheat crop on more than 12 acres, not one.
Additionally, my county health department calculates 150 gallons per person per day, making 54,750 gallons the annual per capita consumption.
25,000 cubic meters equals 6,604,303 gallons, enough to provide for 121 people, not 30.
AGW is bunk, but the 16th century was actually damn cold. It was the Maunder minimum and the Thames froze over.
The important thing to remember is that we are a few degrees C colder than the Medieval Warm Period c. 1100.
Rochester - right on Lake Ontario
Please do not confuse the alarmists with facts.
The State of Georgia is trying to take a great big bite out of Tennessee to get the water they need. It would change the shape of the state if they could manage that. - I think we should help them out with some water, but not to a bite of the state.
All water is recycled sewage. Every single molecule of water has been through the hydrographic cycle billions of times. Evaporation and rainfall is nature’s way of recycling.
The issue is whether recycled sewage has been recycled thoroughly enough.
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