Saturday, July 09, 2022

EU Parliament Labels Natural Gas and Nuclear Power "Green", Even As They Are Taking Farms Away From Farmers Because of Nitrogen


LET'S PUT THIS TOGETHER ALL IN ONE POST. 

The Earth's atmosphere is 78% Nitrogen.

Cow's produce Nitrogen.

"Excess nitrogen fed in the form of feed proteins is excreted in manure (urine + feces). Dairy cows on average secrete in milk 25 to 35 percent of the nitrogen they consume and almost all the remaining nitrogen is excreted in urine and feces with about half of the nitrogen excreted in urine.

We have a "Nitrogen Crisis" (imagine that) 

Nitrogen crisis from jam-packed livestock operations has ‘paralyzed' Dutch economy

The government is preparing to enact short-term measures, including lowering a highway speed limit, which could reduce nitrogen emissions a sliver. To make a significant dent, many experts say the country's farm animal sector—the densest in the world—must shrink and recycle more of its nitrogen. 
Nitrogen, a key nutrient for plants, is also an insidious pollutant. Fertilizer washing off fields ends up in lakes and coastal areas, causing algal blooms that kill marine life. Airborne nitrogen can also harm ecosystems. 
One source is nitrogen oxides, mostly from power plants and engine exhaust. In the Netherlands, even more comes from the ammonia vapors from livestock urine and manure. Both kinds of nitrogen react to form aerosols that cause smog, damage foliage, and acidify the soil, hindering roots' absorption of nutrients. (Dutch farmers must add lime to their fields to fight acidity.) 
The Netherlands is a nitrogen hot spot partly because it is a dense, urbanized nation, although controls on power plants and catalytic converters in autos have helped curb nitrogen oxide emissions.
FARMERS ARE PROTESTING:
Farmers in the Netherlands have been protesting their government’s proposed climate-change policies as a threat to Dutch agriculture. 
The policies, introduced last month, aim to force farmers to use less fertilizer and decrease their livestock in an effort to reduce animal emissions of nitrogen oxides and ammonia. Moreover, the government may buy out certain farms that have livestock. 
Dutch officials say that a 30 percent reduction in livestock is needed to meet their climate goals.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS:
Flevo member of parliament Niek Beenen (JA21) has shared a document on Twitter from the province of Flevoland in the Netherlands about the purchase of “nitrogen space” in the Noordoostpolder. 
“The province of Flevoland has bought nitrogen space in the Noordoostpolder. With the nitrogen space that has been freed up, the province can help a number of PAS claimants in the Noordoostpolder. This opportunity has arisen because the government has bought an agricultural business in the Noordoostpolder. The government wants to set up a registration centre for asylum seekers at the location of the farm,” reads the document. 
“In this country, farming families who produce food are being exchanged for asylum seekers,” tweeted Beenen.

MEANWHILE: 


FARMERS HAVE BECOME THE ENEMY, BUT NUCLEAR POWER IS FINE.

WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU?

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