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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (4119)	8/17/2009 6:12:01 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 49006

Wheat nutrition declines as CO2 rises Published by Jim on Monday, August 17, 2009 at 6:58 AM By Nora Schultz You may have thought that the silver lining of rising carbon dioxide levels would be a boost in crop yields. But evidence is mounting that we may trade quantity for quality. The discovery that staple crops like wheat have less protein when grown in high concentrations of CO2 has already caused concern, but the bad news doesn't stop there. Ramping up CO2 also changes the balance of amino acids and several trace elements, says Petra Högy from the University of Hohenheim in Germany. Together with Andreas Fangmeier, also at the University of Hohenheim, and his team, Högy grew wheat in open fields over three years while blowing extra CO2 over the plots to achieve the concentrations of the gas that are expected to be reached by around 2050. They found several changes in the wheat grains, including an 8 per cent drop in iron and a 14 per cent increase in lead. "Both of these changes would be bad for human health. The drop in iron is particularly worrisome as half of the world's population are already iron deficient, and this is going to get worse," says Högy. desdemonadespair.blogspot.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (4119)	8/17/2009 6:13:22 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49006

From: abuelita Read Replies (1) of 75550 fuzzy - that's a very good example of not always believing what you read. spin, spin, spin. making people feel good in order to get public approval. no where is b.c. hydro mentioned. there is no commitment that they will even purchase this power. besides, a wind factory in hecate strait will not reduce the use of diesel on-island. naikun plans to build a huge converter station in the middle of the web of wind turbines housing a diesel generating station, 75,000 litres of diesel and a helicopter landing pad. seems to me that this is not an environmentally friendly thing to do and given the extremely rough waters in the strait, the possibility of an oil spill is not far fetched. everyone knows how rough the waters can be by the number of cancelled ferry sailings for crying out loud! also, there have been so many scams and frauds perpetrated by shady haida leaders in the recent past, that it is easy to believe that is this a penny stock scam and someone will abscond with millions of federal grant dollars. its happened before and would not surprise anybody. -hoser