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Global warming fruit and veg shortage could lead to 1,200 extra UK deaths a year by 2050
UK Telegraph ^ | March 3, 2016 | By Emily Gosden, Energy Editor

Posted on 03/04/2016 6:55:04 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Climate change could lead to more than 1,200 extra deaths a year in the UK by 2050 as global warming causes fruit and vegetable shortages, new research suggests.

The typical British diet will deteriorate as the effects of climate change hit crop production, resulting in supply shortages and pushing up prices, Oxford University researchers said.

Dr Marco Springmann from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, said: "You could expect in the UK the reduction in fruit and vegetable consumption would be the number one risk factor.

“The immediate cause of the reduction in fruit and vegetable consumption are the climatic shocks: basically, less can be grown, that leads to farmers probably using more land, and also the prices go up.

“As a combination of less production and higher prices there will be a reduction in the consumption.”

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: climategate; failure; globalwarming; hoax; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I say old chap, maybe its time to rethink that economic sanctions regime on food producing Russia..


21 posted on 03/04/2016 7:13:21 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aiderai)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How could there be a shortage if they can grow oranges and everything else


22 posted on 03/04/2016 7:14:39 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Global warming fruit and veg shortage Uncontrolled Islamic immigration could lead to 1,200 extra UK deaths a year by 2050

Fixed it.

23 posted on 03/04/2016 7:15:14 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Obadiah

“Is there any malady known to man that globull warming isn’t responsible for?”

Yes. All those caused by G. Bush.


24 posted on 03/04/2016 7:15:54 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: blueunicorn6

May as well inquire about the Marbled murlette, which are skinnier that the owl and taste like fish because their veggies are in short supply and the ones they can find are too big to fit into their burrows.


25 posted on 03/04/2016 7:19:30 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: moose07

My guess is that if corn production were displayed it would be way off that chart.


26 posted on 03/04/2016 7:23:26 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: Vigilanteman

Hazard a guess at a couple of thousand , by the time this thread drys up. :)


27 posted on 03/04/2016 7:23:37 AM PST by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. Put the Cheese down and step away.!)
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To: moose07

I don’t think it will make it past 500, but it is going to be fun anyway . . .


28 posted on 03/04/2016 7:25:31 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Add it to the Warmlist
29 posted on 03/04/2016 7:27:45 AM PST by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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To: PIF

How would you know what a Marbled Murlette tastes like?

Ohhhhhhh.......

The horror. The horror.


30 posted on 03/04/2016 7:28:09 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Toughluck_freeper
How many more people have to die?

According to the scientists that espouse this crap, about 6.75 billion people ought to do it.

And no...I'm not making that up.

31 posted on 03/04/2016 7:28:55 AM PST by hoagy62 (Timid Men prefer the 'Calm of Despotism' to the 'Tempestuous Sea of Liberty'. ~ T. Jefferson)
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To: Obadiah

32 posted on 03/04/2016 7:29:34 AM PST by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. Put the Cheese down and step away.!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is our climate changing? The succession of temperate summers and open winters through several years, culminating last winter in the almost total failure of the ice crop throughout the valley of the Hudson, makes the question pertinent. The older inhabitants tell us that the Winters are not as cold now as when they were young, and we have all observed a marked diminution of the average cold even in this last decade. - New York Times June 23, 1890


33 posted on 03/04/2016 7:33:00 AM PST by Donglalinger
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To: blueunicorn6

Yes. Sorry. While conducting driftnet tests years ago, we accidentally snagged one in a slop bucket as it was swimming by ... since the federal observer was sleeping at the time and we were low on food ... well you see ... that’s how it was.


34 posted on 03/04/2016 7:33:27 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Hell everyone knows that produce grows best in the Winter time!
35 posted on 03/04/2016 7:34:41 AM PST by 4yearlurker (Happy Saint Paddys Day!)
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To: moose07

Wow, look at that. Thanks. Fascinating that Italy and Spain have higher yields than the US. I would have thought we would take that in a walk.


36 posted on 03/04/2016 7:36:11 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: Obadiah

Not only that, but since corn/maize originates in hotter drier climates, hybridization for more heat and longer growing season would be easy. Drought-tolerant hybrids are already available.


37 posted on 03/04/2016 7:37:47 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: tiki

They’ll be growing grapes and oranges in the UK, like they did in the middle ages.


38 posted on 03/04/2016 7:40:04 AM PST by aquila48
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To: Vigilanteman

My thoughts exactly!


39 posted on 03/04/2016 7:40:29 AM PST by Xenodamus (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. -TJ)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Only 1200?! That’s nothing. Mothers insist on killing more than twice that amount every single day of the year here in the US but we’re supposed to be concerned about the hypothetical 1200 annually? Shoot, the left would pray for those deaths if they were unborn children.


40 posted on 03/04/2016 7:40:57 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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