Comments on: The Climate Change and Wine Conference http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/ Commentary on puzzling things in life, nature, science, technology, and recent news by Anthony Watts Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:37:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: omnologos http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4502 omnologos Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:19:11 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4502 Please don't tell them that ingested ethanol (=wine) ends up as water and CO2, otherwise somebody will outlaw alcoholic beverages altogether... Please don’t tell them that ingested ethanol (=wine) ends up as water and CO2, otherwise somebody will outlaw alcoholic beverages altogether…

]]> By: SteveSadlov http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4469 SteveSadlov Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:31:16 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4469 I going long on California Cabs and Syrahs and Oregon Pinots. Heck, I'll even go out on a limb and include those wild and surprising Santa Barbara Gewurtztraminers, which need those winter nights down in the 20s in the Santa Inez Valley. Nothing to see here, move along. I going long on California Cabs and Syrahs and Oregon Pinots. Heck, I’ll even go out on a limb and include those wild and surprising Santa Barbara Gewurtztraminers, which need those winter nights down in the 20s in the Santa Inez Valley. Nothing to see here, move along.

]]> By: Jeff in Seattle http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4454 Jeff in Seattle Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:09:00 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4454 <blockquote>Looks like Gorvino is has been partaking in the finer foods and wines as he circles the globe. The top picture is older, the bottom more recent.</blockquote> Lol, looks like a comparison of me 15 years apart. Damn I've turned into a fat bastard.

Looks like Gorvino is has been partaking in the finer foods and wines as he circles the globe. The top picture is older, the bottom more recent.

Lol, looks like a comparison of me 15 years apart. Damn I’ve turned into a fat bastard.

]]> By: Gary http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4452 Gary Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:52:17 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4452 Grape growers are reasonably concerned with climate change because of the long-term capital commitments in vineyard operations. Glomming on to Al Gore is of course a political move related to the wine selling part of the business. If they don't fall for his baloney, the industry may be playing both ends quite intelligently. Grape growers are reasonably concerned with climate change because of the long-term capital commitments in vineyard operations. Glomming on to Al Gore is of course a political move related to the wine selling part of the business. If they don’t fall for his baloney, the industry may be playing both ends quite intelligently.

]]> By: TonyGuitar http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4449 TonyGuitar Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:33:41 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4449 Looking forward, allow that wines will lose ground to a very low priced flood of various gin and vodka like products. Your imagination is running wild again. Oh really? Always my contention has been that bio-fuels are a totally impractical fuel and only a stop-gap measure until battery, compressed air and the fuel cell become wide spread. Governments encourage biofuels because they.. [1] Return great tax revenues. [2] create employment [3] Return votes from farmers. [4] Keep the Military, municipalities and BIG corporations like Safeway humming when a refined gas and diesel emergency occurs. [ Safeway converted over 1000 trucks to bio-fuels. - AutoblogGreen.com ] There is presently a huge stockpile of bio fuels in reserve, [ a glut], while there are only two full range bio-fuels stations open to the public in Canada. Similar condition in the USA and huge Bio fuel capacity is still being built. Brazil is 85% mobile on bio fuels. When the strategic need for ethanols fade there will be a huge distilling capacity. Thus wine will be under stiff lower cost product competition. You didn*t think side-swiping all that corn, sugar beet and sugar cane was going to last, did you? = TG Looking forward, allow that wines will lose ground to a very low priced flood of various gin and vodka like products.

Your imagination is running wild again. Oh really?

Always my contention has been that bio-fuels are a totally impractical fuel and only a stop-gap measure until battery, compressed air and the fuel cell become wide spread.

Governments encourage biofuels because they..

[1] Return great tax revenues.

[2] create employment

[3] Return votes from farmers.

[4] Keep the Military, municipalities and BIG corporations like Safeway humming when a refined gas and diesel emergency occurs. [ Safeway converted over 1000 trucks to bio-fuels. - AutoblogGreen.com ]

There is presently a huge stockpile of bio fuels in reserve, [ a glut], while there are only two full range bio-fuels stations open to the public in Canada.

Similar condition in the USA and huge Bio fuel capacity is still being built.

Brazil is 85% mobile on bio fuels.

When the strategic need for ethanols fade there will be a huge distilling capacity. Thus wine will be under stiff lower cost product competition.

You didn*t think side-swiping all that corn, sugar beet and sugar cane was going to last, did you? = TG

]]> By: Stef http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4448 Stef Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:27:22 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4448 Won't Gore's extra 'baggage' in that bottom photograph mean he contributes even further to global warming as he flies his private jet to Madrid, spewing CO2 as he goes? Why isn't he living in a commune without electricity or CO2? Doesn't he believe his own PowerPoint presentation? Won’t Gore’s extra ‘baggage’ in that bottom photograph mean he contributes even further to global warming as he flies his private jet to Madrid, spewing CO2 as he goes?

Why isn’t he living in a commune without electricity or CO2? Doesn’t he believe his own PowerPoint presentation?

]]> By: Evan Jones http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4447 Evan Jones Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:42:53 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4447 I need a drink. I need a drink.

]]> By: John Goetz http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4443 John Goetz Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:42:00 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4443 Looks like Gorvino is has been partaking in the finer foods and wines as he circles the globe. The top picture is older, the bottom more recent. <a href="http://www.climatechangeandwine.com/eng/invitadoespecial.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.climatechangeandwine.com/eng/invitadoespecial.php</a> Looks like Gorvino is has been partaking in the finer foods and wines as he circles the globe. The top picture is older, the bottom more recent.
http://www.climatechangeandwine.com/eng/invitadoespecial.php

]]> By: timetochooseagain http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4438 timetochooseagain Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:08:46 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4438 Um...Okay that's...um...interesting....? I don't get it candada, are you a used car sales man, but with alternative energy? Um…Okay that’s…um…interesting….? I don’t get it candada, are you a used car sales man, but with alternative energy?

]]> By: canadada http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4437 canadada Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:54:12 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-wine-and-climate-change-conference/#comment-4437 http://www.wfes08.com/ http://www.wfes08.com/

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