Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecology Fact and Fiction Bee collapse

2013-06-14 Thread Paul Cherubini
protect the hive against the deadly parasite. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Take the Train to ESA Minneapolis

2013-05-02 Thread Paul Cherubini
of air travel, vehicle weight and horsepower choices, home size choice and so forth, the carbon footprint of the 30+ year old ecologists that are settled into their careers has been steadily increasing since Earth Day 1970. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Take the Train to ESA Minneapolis

2013-04-28 Thread Paul Cherubini
a large market base, and the demand is growing exponentially with time. http://current-trends-now.com/2011/03/growing-suv-market-in-india/ Ford Taps Russia’s Growing Suv Market http://www.automotiveworld.com/articles/ford-taps-russias-growing-suv-market/ Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Take the Train to ESA Minneapolis

2013-04-27 Thread Paul Cherubini
, the expected near doubling of CO2 emissions from passenger jets over the next 20 years. Even the newest jet models are only slightly more fuel efficient than the old models, hence their CO2 emissions are only a slightly lower. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Arguments for Native Plants

2013-04-24 Thread Paul Cherubini
landscape scale declines in native pollinators caused by the sprawl itself. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] biodiversity in one cubic foot

2012-12-01 Thread Paul Cherubini
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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Confronting climate deniers on college campuses - EOS Forum

2012-07-06 Thread Paul Cherubini
that time frame? How is it conceivable that worldwide, people could be convinced to cut their plans for plans for auto ownership by 50% during the next 30 years which would in turn cause the carmakers to shelve plans to double the size of the world's fleet of cars during that time frame? Paul

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Cemeteries as habitat

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Cherubini
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX70cjtX29k Chuck Corica Golf Course, Alameda, Calif. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdLm-Gr5A9E Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Monarch butterfly migration status

2011-09-30 Thread Paul Cherubini
there were none, so this is encouraging. Blooming plants include: Salvia farinacea, Goldenrod, Mullen, Frostweed, Smooth Bidens, Buttonbush. Our area is in an extreme drought, but these plants are along the creek banks. Judy Hall, Junction, TX Paul Cherubini On Sep 29, 2011, at 6:05 PM, David L

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Monarch butterfly migration status

2011-09-29 Thread Paul Cherubini
breeders and handlers know. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystems and Energy Biofuels Homage to Principle or Deceptive Fraud?

2011-08-16 Thread Paul Cherubini
of the corn and soybean GMO monocultures at Morris, Minnesota on Aug, 3, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1JHJKMEsVs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr8k2U5saDI Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Disseminating scientific thought to the general public: are scientists making science readily accessible?

2011-04-12 Thread Paul Cherubini
, that university scientists have more of a credibility problem in the eyes of the public, industry and regulators rather than communications problem. Paul Cherubini

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Disseminating scientific thought to the general public: are scientists making science readily accessible?

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Cherubini
generate data needed to determine just how experts can bring about a monarch resurgence. The ultimate goal of the program is to help shape conservation management techniques that will stem the population decline or even boost the number of monarchs. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Disseminating scientific thought to the general public: are scientists making science readily accessible?

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Cherubini
/ae78/18R-C/sprawlb.jpg Since Cal Poly does not know how this ongoing intensive weed control or sprawl can be stopped, there's no conceivable way Cal Poly could: generate data needed to determine just how experts can bring about a monarch resurgence [in milkweed, hence monarch] abundance. Paul

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Climate Change Data

2011-03-20 Thread Paul Cherubini
the ClimateGate documents, which lay it bare. Paul Cherubini

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Physiology Productivity Promises and BS Re: [ECOLOG-L] worlds authorities in sustainable ag/meat/ag ecology

2010-06-30 Thread Paul Cherubini
out with much biotech wheat to date. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Physiology Productivity Promises and BS Re: [ECOLOG-L] worlds authorities in sustainable ag/meat/ag ecology

2010-06-30 Thread Paul Cherubini
) Reduced need for heavy soil cultivation equipment reduces fossil fuel use and emissions and reduces soil compaction which in turn is good for earthworm populations, soil moisture retention and reduced water runoff into waterways. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Physiology Productivity Promises and BS Re: [ECOLOG-L] worlds authorities in sustainable ag/meat/ag ecology

2010-06-29 Thread Paul Cherubini
to discover - that's why it's playing an integral role in the company's commitment to double yields by 2030. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] worlds authorities in sustainable ag/meat/ag ecology

2010-06-24 Thread Paul Cherubini
million grant pledged to improve wheat and rice yields.” Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are ecologists the problem?

2009-09-13 Thread Paul Cherubini
activist organizations and copy down the names of the middle and senior aged board members and officers to investigate their lifestyles. The same pattern emerges - most live in above average size homes. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] What's wrong with growth, (was: ESA position on sustainable growth)

2009-08-03 Thread Paul Cherubini
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Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mosquitoes as keystone species?

2009-07-09 Thread Paul Cherubini
, and frogs in Alamosa, Colorado. 2) Mosquito spraying is the underlying cause of these declines. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mosquitoes as keystone species?

2009-07-09 Thread Paul Cherubini
is that they were killed. Flynn did not say fewer mosquitoes, he said there are no mosquitoes in or near Alamosa Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mosquitoes as keystone species?

2009-07-09 Thread Paul Cherubini
Michael Cooperman wrote: I respectfully disagree with you. It is not wild speculation to posit widely applied broad-cast insecticides have impacts to non-target organisms, You said the mosquito chemical: would affect other insects just as strongly which is speculation. Paul Cherubini El

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GM trees

2009-06-22 Thread Paul Cherubini
increase the likelihood that the species would become invasive. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] GM trees

2009-06-21 Thread Paul Cherubini
organisms or environmental quality are expected from the field release of these transgenic Eucalyptus for the reasons stated below. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why should I care about mass extinciton?

2009-05-23 Thread Paul Cherubini
are urgently neccessary? Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

[ECOLOG-L] Scientists confirm mixing between east and west populations of Monarchs

2009-02-24 Thread Paul Cherubini
, Calif. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/237aa.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/237ac.jpg Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Economic Growth

2008-11-23 Thread Paul Cherubini
instead of being used to cut the acreage planted in corn by 25%) which in turn feeds the advanced technology solutions treadmill all over again. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Insecticide Decimates Tadpole Populations Through the Food Chain

2008-10-03 Thread Paul Cherubini
to. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Insecticide Decimates Tadpole Populations Through the Food Chain

2008-10-03 Thread Paul Cherubini
) that are seriously lethal to the zooplankton upon which the tadpoles feed. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Malformed Frogs: The Collapse of Aquatic Ecosystems - By Michael Lannoo

2008-08-02 Thread Paul Cherubini
.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/frogb.jpg Of course, most school kids who lives on farms in Minnesota knows this too. But do big city biology students and professors? Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] McDonough - I don't think so

2008-03-02 Thread Paul Cherubini
economy, low carbon emissions. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] McDonough - I don't think so

2008-02-28 Thread Paul Cherubini
for petroleum and associated carbon emissions will continue to increase for the next 30 years. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] McDonough - I don't think so

2008-02-28 Thread Paul Cherubini
. In addition, early 80's ecologists embraced the national 55 MPH speed limit, which further boosted highway fuel economy 15%. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, CA

Re: climate change case studies

2007-10-26 Thread Paul Cherubini
being extirpated by rising temperatures. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: climate change case studies

2007-10-25 Thread Paul Cherubini
being extirpated by rising temperatures. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: Climate change funding

2007-10-24 Thread Paul Cherubini
at the government institutions agencies) to avert serious environmental consequences. In this way, it appears to me that scientific opinions are substantially influenced by the availability of funds. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: Heads up: The new Global Warming Denial Front

2007-10-22 Thread Paul Cherubini
that could create or enhance the professional careers of many hundreds, perhaps thousands of them. So naturally a situation like this raises suspicions. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: Scientists versus activists

2007-10-12 Thread Paul Cherubini
website http://tinyurl.com/36jyvw that provides detailed information on the views of 12 prominent scientists who used to be members of the catastrophic man-made global warming camp and are now skeptics. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: Scientists versus activists

2007-10-12 Thread Paul Cherubini
university, keep your mouth shut. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: Scientists versus activists

2007-10-10 Thread Paul Cherubini
in. In 5-10 years the everyday discussions on ECOLOG-L will likely be about a new crisis and climate change will no longer be a dominant concern anymore just like concern over ozone holes, acid rain and GMO foods has faded away. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: Mosquito control, DDT etc. - boundaries and scales

2007-08-30 Thread Paul Cherubini
(e.g. avian egg shell thinning) of DDT's extensive outdoor usage in the 50's 60's wouldn't have occurred if the chemical had been used solely indoors during those years, hence future indoor usage doesn't pose a serious problem either. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: Mosquito control, DDT etc. - boundaries and scales

2007-08-24 Thread Paul Cherubini
(e.g. avian egg shell thinning) of DDT's extensive outdoor usage in the 50's 60's wouldn't have occurred if the chemical had been used solely indoors during those years, hence future indoor usage doesn't pose a serious problem either. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: Mosquito control, DDT etc. - boundaries and scales

2007-08-23 Thread Paul Cherubini
on the health of the humans and wildlife living outside of the homes. But by advocating a zero adverse impact standard, some affluent ecologists and eco-activists from malaria free countries can justify genocidal policies against poorer countries (deny them access to life saving DDT). Paul Cherubini El

Re: Overshoot, Homo colossus, detrivore ecosystem, dirty commies, pestilence, nuclear meltdown etc., ad infinitum.

2007-04-09 Thread Paul Cherubini
to be evacuated because of the stench of dead fish. Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supplies we make, Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: Equilibrium/Steady State and Complexity/Evolution

2007-04-04 Thread Paul Cherubini
, and it's time for the faculty to take a stand. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Exxon on renewable energy

2007-04-02 Thread Paul Cherubini
basis. This provides some perspective on ethanol's prospects as an alternative fuel, he said. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: ENERGY Sustainability Biofuels REQUIRED READING FOR EVERY ECOLOGIST? Re: George Monbiot on Biofuels

2007-03-30 Thread Paul Cherubini
to global warming, Clemmer said. In contrast, energy crops produce virtually zero global warming gases. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: ethanol competiing directly with world food supply / driving up prices

2007-03-24 Thread Paul Cherubini
.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/corngra.jpg Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: Consumer Choice the Environment

2007-03-20 Thread Paul Cherubini
are unwilling to live that austerely and want pay, benefits and material possessions that are comparable to business people. Paul Cherubini

Re: Carbon offsetting

2007-02-20 Thread Paul Cherubini
that shut down new nuclear power plant constructions made a major contribution to increased greenhouse gases. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: If not Ethanol, what then?

2007-02-02 Thread Paul Cherubini
homes just like other people in society that have household incomes in the $60,000 - $120,000 per year range. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: If not Ethanol, what then?

2007-02-02 Thread Paul Cherubini
and 80's. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: NSTA's response to OpEd

2006-11-29 Thread Paul Cherubini
months ago and even ExxonMobil appears to support it http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/exxon.jpg but relatively few people on this professional ecology listserv were enthusiastically in favor of it. Paul Cherubini

Re: Forbes calling for renewed use of DDT to fight malaria

2006-07-31 Thread Paul Cherubini
very compelling. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: Wall Street Journal op-ed on An Inconvenient Truth

2006-06-28 Thread Paul Cherubini
inconceivable that a decades long period of stable or declining global temperatures might be just around the corner. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: What's the best energy source?

2006-02-08 Thread Paul Cherubini
://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/etha.jpg Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif.

Re: What's the best energy source?

2006-02-08 Thread Paul Cherubini
I've also been seeing more and more of these http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/ethc.jpg among the corn / soybean fields of the upper Midwest: The blades turn relatively slowly so I doubt they have much impact on wildlife. Paul Cherubini