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Manicured lawns contribute to global warming by producing greenhouse gases
Zee News (India) ^
| January 18, 2015
Posted on 01/18/2015 6:12:57 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
London: A new study has recently revealed that manicured lawns are major source of greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming.
Grass lawns soak up carbon dioxide, which is stored in the soil after the cut grass rots and so, like trees, they are considered good for the planet. But Dr. Chuanhui Gu of Appalachian State University in the US said that once the energy expended by mowing, fertilizer use and watering are taken into account, lawns actually produce more greenhouse gases than they soak up.
The study is published in the Journal of Environmental Management.
(Excerpt) Read more at zeenews.india.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: climate; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; hoax; marxism; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Good. I don’t feel so bad about the condition of my yard now..
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:16:33 AM PST
by
boycott
To: All
Because nothing would be growing there if the yard was not maintained. Makes sense! LOL!
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:18:22 AM PST
by
Klemper
To: Oldeconomybuyer
yeah better to have dry dirt washing away from erosion, contributing to foundation issues, why have houses and lawns at all, let’s just live in caves like the Taliban, that’s the ticket! sarc
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:23:50 AM PST
by
yldstrk
To: Klemper
Friggin genius....does he get paid for this bull sh1t?
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:24:13 AM PST
by
Fred911
(YOU GET WHAT YOU ACCEPT)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:24:32 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:24:54 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: Klemper
The first rule in believability of anything with respect to the environment and global climate change (renamed from global warming) is to FIRST find the source of the money used to produce the “research.”
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:25:10 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
All the lazy husbands will cheer this dubious climate kook study.
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:29:06 AM PST
by
txrefugee
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Author should study the carbon cycle and botany a little better. Rapidly growing grasses are by far net producers of oxygen versus CO2. At night they are net emitters of CO2 as the cells continue respiration, but overall they are one of the best planetary sources of O2 Plants fix atmospheric CO2 into hydrocarbons during photosynthesis. So yes they 'clean' the air. But ... When plant material rots a good bit of methane is produced which is far more active greenhouse gas than CO2. Only water VAPOR (not clouds) is a greater net contributor to the greenhouse effect (which by the way does not manifest at the surface but rather much higher in the atmosphere) From a botanical standpoint an old growth forest produces an order of magnitude more methane (decay and termites) and CO2 than any manicured grass lawn. I won't contest the bit about what poorly maintained Indian gas lawn mowers do ✌️
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:29:54 AM PST
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:30:21 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
They want us to use these...
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:33:43 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
To: Oldeconomybuyer; Egon
Has anybody considered the emissions of millions of unregulated leaf-blowers? I thought not, since it is the tool of choice for a protected group of imported laborers. What ever became of hiring the kid down the street to rake leaves?
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:34:36 AM PST
by
RhoTheta
(US foreign policy under BO: 'Talk butchly and carry a small twig.' -- Mark Steyn)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I remember reading back around the time Jimmy Carter took office that manicured lawns contribute to global cooling and are helping to bring about the onset of the next Ice Age.
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:37:53 AM PST
by
Fiji Hill
(Io Triumphe!)
To: boycott
I’m just guessing here, but probably If - compared to the total land area of the world was compared to the amount of “manicured lawn” area it would be like a postage stamp in the middle of the Sahara desert...or less.
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:44:24 AM PST
by
FrankR
(They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
To: txrefugee
I'm not lazy, or cheap. As a matter of fact, I bought my wife her own lawnmower for Christmas.
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:47:10 AM PST
by
nothingnew
(Hemmer and MacCullum are the worst on FNC)
To: Fred911
“Friggin genius....does he get paid for this bull sh1t?”
Probably a gubmint grant.
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:47:29 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: Fresh Wind
My neighbor uses one of those and the sound just drives me up a wall.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
My home owners association is not amused.
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:48:40 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I got to read this article... I got to go to 'BooksAMillion' to see if I can get the 'Journal of Environmental Mismanagement' magazine there.
I bet it is published by the 'United States Communist Party'.
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posted on
01/18/2015 6:48:44 AM PST
by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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