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Bill Gates ‘Just Plain Wrong’ About Chemical Fertilizers, Scientists Say
Scientists who authored a report on nitrogen fertilizer said Bill Gates is “just plain wrong” when he says the only way to grow food is with synthetic fertilizers. Their research also suggests the climate impact of nitrogen fertilizers is much worse than previously estimated.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/bill-gates-chemical-fertilizers-global-warming/
As world leaders wrap up the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, new scientific research shows that there is still a great deal of magical thinking about the contribution of fertilizer to global warming.
Philanthropist Bill Gates fed the retreat from science in his book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster” earlier this year. “To me fertilizer is magical,” he confesses, nitrogen fertilizer in particular.
Under a photo of a beaming Gates in a Yara fertilizer distribution warehouse in Tanzania, he explains that “to grow crops, you want tons of nitrogen — way more than you would ever find in a natural setting [sic] … But nitrogen makes climate change much worse.”
That last part, at least, is true, and new research suggests that the climate impacts of excessive use of nitrogen fertilizers is much worse than previously estimated. Researchers estimate that the N-fertilizer supply chain is contributing more than six times the greenhouse gases (GHGs) produced by the entire commercial aviation sector.
Nitrogen: a growing climate problem
By all accounts, food and agriculture are barely on the agenda of the UN climate summit, even though food systems contribute about one-third of GHGs. Direct emissions from food production account for about one-third of that, with the principal source being livestock, mostly methane and manure emissions.
But about 10% of direct emissions come from synthetic nitrogen fertilizer applied to crops. Only a portion of the applied fertilizer is absorbed by plants. Some is turned into nitrous oxide by soil microorganisms.
Some leaches off the soil or volatilizes into gas when it is applied. The cumulative effect is the release of nitrous oxide, a GHG 265 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
Three scientists working with Greenpeace, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and GRAIN have carried out the first comprehensive lifecycle analysis of N fertilizer emissions.
They used improved data on direct field emissions and incorporated emissions from the manufacture and transportation of N fertilizers. Manufacturing, which relies heavily on natural gas, accounts for 35% of total N fertilizer GHGs.
The new estimates, which are preliminary as they undergo peer review, are 20% higher than those previously used by the UN. Not surprisingly, the largest emitters are the largest agricultural producers: China, India, North America and Europe. On a per capita basis, though, the largest emitters are the big agricultural exporters: U.S, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
Taking Africa in the wrong direction
Africa is still not a large fertilizer user, with application rates low — about 15 kg/ha — but rising rapidly with the recent Green Revolution campaigns.
While Gates essentially dismisses the climate impacts from fertilizer as a necessary evil to achieve the greater good of food security, evidence is growing that the Green Revolution approach is failing on its own terms. My research showed that in Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)’s 13 focus countries, yields were not growing significantly and the number of undernourished people has increased 31%.
The greater good promised by AGRA has not been very good.
According to the new fertilizer research, AGRA is taking Africa in the wrong direction. Globally, the use of nitrogen fertilizer is projected to grow between 50% and 138% by 2050. Africa is projected to see at least a 300% increase in the next 30 years. It will be far greater if Gates has his way.
The climate implications of that development path are worrisome. A 300% increase means 2.7 million tonnes (Mt) more of N fertilizer in Africa. With field emissions estimated at 2.65 tonnes of GHGs per tonne of nitrogen and another 4.35 tonnes from production and transportation, total emissions are more like 7 tonnes of GHGs per tonne of N fertilizer.
By 2050, a 300% increase in Africa’s fertilizer use would mean adding about 19 Mt of GHGs per year more than it emits now. Because GHGs accumulate in the atmosphere and nitrous oxide persists for more than 100 years, Africa will have contributed an additional 284 Mt of GHGs by 2050 if fertilizer use increases 300%.
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Matt Gaetz open to hiring Kyle Rittenhouse as intern if acquitted
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/matt-gaetz-kyle-rittenhouse-intern
If Kyle Rittenhouse is acquitted in court, he could have a new career opportunity ahead of him.
Rep. Matt Gaetz said that Rittenhouse "deserves" a not guilty verdict and that he could be offered an internship in his congressional office if the jury hands down a not guilty verdict.
"Kyle Rittenhouse would probably make a pretty good congressional intern," Gaetz told Newsmax's Grant Stinchfield Wednesday night. "We may reach out to him and see if he'd be interested in helping the country in additional ways."
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Liberty Lantern Continues its Journey from Sea to Shining Sea
https://humanevents.com/2021/11/18/liberty-lantern-continues-its-journey-from-sea-to-shining-sea/
The Unite the Light, Liberty Lantern’s journey across the country originally reported on by Human Events October 27, is now wrapping up the fourth week of its anticipated two month-long journey. To date, the Liberty Lantern, a symbol of Paul Revere’s famous ride in 1775 has covered the entire eastern seaboard and then skipped across the country to California where it has made multiple stops.
Along the way the Liberty Lantern has passed through the hands of some notable American political activists engaged in the fight for liberty, including Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker. The lantern also made an appearance at the Golden Gate Bridge and the Stand for Freedom rally organized by attorney Leigh Dundas and reported on by Human Events November 1. That event was promoting a nationwide work stoppage in protesting vaccine mandates.
While in California, the Lantern also passed through the hands of Shannon Kroner whose efforts on behalf of American service men and women to fight against the vaccine mandate have been documented by Human Events.
Unite the Light visionary and founder, Felisa Blazek of New Hampshire’s ThePatriotParty.rocks, says of the event thus far, “It has been most inspiring. I have been overwhelmed at the outpouring of interest and support from people. I have literally received thousands of emails and texts from people wanting to get involved. Of course, there is no way I can accommodate all of them, but I do try to respond to each and every inquiry.”
Blazek says her only disappointment with the Unite the Light project to this point is the fact that so many people are learning of it late due to an absence of interest from MSM outlets. “I have people right here in New Hampshire where it launched who are just now learning about it despite the fact we started nearly a month ago,” she states. “It makes me sad that not everyone who would like to have seen it along the way had a chance to learn about the initiative.”
As of this writing the Liberty Lantern is en route from California to Las Vegas where it will be handed to conservative show host Wayne Allen Root, then continuing on a path to Arizona where it will be taken by Arizona State Senator and election integrity activist Wendy Rogers, Bikers for Trump founder Jim Williams, and others. The Lantern’s journey is set to conclude on Christmas Eve back where it began in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with a simple American flag-centered ceremony. Supporters across the country are encouraged to place a lantern of their own in their window this Christmas Eve to show support for the effort.
As previously reported by Human Events, those who carry the Liberty Lantern in a sort of controlled “chain-of-custody” are being asked to post a two-minute video sharing what the experience means to them and what they are doing to help preserve the Republic. Once the journey is complete, Blazek plans to turn in the chain of custody record to the Library of Congress to make it a permanent part of the American story.
“Each person who carries the Liberty Lantern is being chosen for their participation and commitment to being part of the fight to restore America,” Blazek states. “They are true active dissidents pushing back against tyranny and willing to put real actions behind their words.”
The Lantern has even made a stop on the campus of the University of California at Berkley, long a hotbed for anti-American rhetoric and protests. The Lantern was carried there by Marilyn Matrisciana, widow of the late Patrick Matrisciana who was the director of The Clinton Chronicles and who spoke on the Berkely campus 50 years ago warning against the threat of communism.
“This entire experience has been very inspiring and encouraging for me,” Blazek said. “It has been very humbling to see the outpouring of patriotism and genuine love for our country.”
Anyone interested in following the travels of the Liberty Lantern or trying to find ways to support or participate, can do so by visiting the Unite the Light website or by joining the Facebook or Telegram groups.
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Congratulations to Tim Ramthun For Resolution on Decertifying 2020 Presidential Election in Wisconsin
https://www.thethinkingconservative.com/congratulations-to-tim-ramthun-for-resolution-on-decertifying-2020-presidential-election-in-wisconsin/
Sheriffs Association Representing 17 States Declare No Confidence in Biden’s Open Borders DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/sheriffs-association-representing-17-states-declare-no-confidence-bidens-open-borders-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas/
The Western States Sheriffs Association, which represents Sheriffs from 17 states, declared a position of no confidence in DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who supports open borders. The Sheriff’s Association is calling on the Biden regime to remove and replace him. They are asking the Biden regime to start “enforcing the rule of law.”
Just need one reporter to be bold and say it (PIC RELATED)
Obama Judge Overseeing Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Is Member of ‘Quill & Dagger’ Secret Society
https://newspunch.com/obama-judge-overseeing-ghislaine-maxwell-trial-is-member-of-quill-dagger-secret-society/
Federal (SDNY) Judge Alison Nathan, the Obama-appointed judge presiding over the Ghislaine Maxwell trial who has unprecedentedly sealed the identities of VIP elite pedophiles at the request of Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys, has now been revealed to be part of the “Quill & Dagger” secret society.
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List of Quill and Dagger members
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Quill_and_Dagger_members
https://archive.vn/vrKya
EXCLUSIVE: WHAT’S THIS?! TOP Maricopa County Elections Officials Hold Unannounced Meeting At Election And Tabulation Center? (PHOTOS)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/exclusive-top-maricopa-county-elections-officials-hold-unannounced-meeting-election-tabulation-center-photos/
The Gateway Pundit received screenshot images of top Arizona Elections officials holding an unannounced meeting at the Maricopa County Election And Tabulation Center (MCTEC).
The photo above appears to show Elections Director Scott Jarrett speaking to Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, Elections Director Reynaldo Valenzuela, and other elections officials speaking in the tabulation center on Tuesday at 3:12 p.m.
In the next photo, Jarrett and Valenzuela can be identified more clearly below.
Crooked Secretary of State Katie Hobbs also appears to be pictured in a red sweater.
The next photo below appears to show Maricopa County Board Chairman Jack Sellers wearing a grey coat, to the right of a possible Secretary of State Katie Hobbs wearing a maroon sweater. Reynaldo Valenzuela and Scott Jarrett also appear in this photo on the right.
It is unclear what they are examining.
One woman in the photo appears to be recording with her cellphone.
Katie Hobbs, Stephen Richer, Jack Sellers, Reynaldo Valenzuela, and Scott Jarrett appear to be photographed at MCTEC on November 16th at about 2:30 p.m.
This must be radical leftist Katie Hobbs.
VIDEO: Man Retrieves Dildo From Rifle Case Outside Rittenhouse Trial Courtoom, Yells ‘F**k Black Lives Matter’
https://nationalfile.com/video-man-retrieves-dildo-from-rifle-case-outside-rittenhouse-trial-courtoom-yells-fk-black-lives-matter/
Video footage from the tense scene outside the courthouse where jurors are still deliberating in the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial shows a man retrieving a dildo from a rifle case and then yelling “Fk all you guys” and “Fk Black Lives Matter.” The incident occurred after a Black Lives Matter insurrectionist screamed racist threats .
“Alright lemme tell you sumn,’ Imma fry the fk out you now, I’m finna gun yo ass,” a Black Lives Matter insurrectionist yelled. “What the fk dude, you weird as fk. You fkin’ weird, you fkin’ weird. You wanna hear a fked-up joke? You wanna know why black people like soup? So we can [unintelligble] a bunch of f**kin’ crackers.”
Sometime after, the man with the rifle case can be seen stating, “I’ll pull it out. I’ll pull it out, watch, watch, watch.” He then pulls out the sex toy and yells “Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fk you guys. Fk Black Lives Matter.”
Good to see the truth coming to light. Moar normies waking up daily