My view: Ignored warnings about global warming produce droughts and coming food shortages

By Dr. Brian Moench

Published: Friday, July 27 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

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Despite increasingly dire warnings from climate scientists on global warming, it appears nothing will change until Americans start seeing food shortages. That may become a real possibility, and soon.

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Blue

Salt Lake City, UT

The central problem we face can be found in Dr. Moench's opening sentence, "For those who believe in the scientific method..."

The fact is that it is currently fashionable among conservatives to _not_ believe in the scientific More..

5:22 a.m. July 27, 2012
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Lagomorph

Salt Lake City, UT

Conservatives claim to stand on the principles of small government, free markets, and personal freedom, yet they seem incapable of applying those principles to solving problems. Several times in this very forum I have challenged conservatives to More..

9:00 a.m. July 27, 2012
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one old man

Ogden, UT

derecha -- The dust bowl was the direct result of farming practices that ignored environmental needs. Those practices stripped vegetation by overgrazing and plowing in such a manner that soil was exposed to wind.

Today, global warming is More..

10:38 a.m. July 27, 2012
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