It has been difficult to bring the potential effects of climate change close to home. But researchers have found the achilles heel of most men: beer.
The Guardian reports. Czech scientist have found that their famous hop is very sensitive to climate change. Before them researchers in New Zealand have reported the same for barley:
In 2008, a researcher at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand told a conference of beer industry representatives that rising temperatures may threaten beer production. That time it was malting barley that was identified as being particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures. The researcher, Jim Salinger, concluded:
“It will mean either there will be pubs without beer, or the cost of beer will go up.”
(hat tip Benoit)
What absolute nonsense. It defies logic. There is beer in very hot countries as well as cold. In fact the warmer the climate the better the fermentation process, which is why we put things in the fridge to stop them prematurely going off. My 4 year old grandson already knows this, and he has no doctorate. Ken Ring http://www.predictweather.com
I guess I should have included the “tongue in cheek” somewhere. Ofcourse it is not logical (shows how little you can rely on journalists), the deeper point is how to bring the potential effects of climate change close to home.
You can’t blame the journalists. They only report what idiot scientists keep saying in order to get their names into print. Climate is always changing. There are no effects of it except normal life. Stop letting yourself be conned for higher taxes. http://www.predictweather.com