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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 2644953" data-attributes="member: 3099">I&#039;m fully aware of the cause of the dustbowl.&nbsp; I worked the OK panhandle, SW Kansas, and SE Colorado for a couple of years researching land records.&nbsp; You can actually see the Grapes of Wrath in the courthouse records.&nbsp; I also loved to go out to Optima lake when I was up there and read up on that whole fiasco, so I&#039;m aware.&nbsp; And again it was a short time even in human context.&nbsp; I&#039;ll also add that there are probably more acres growing crops right now than then and there is no dust bowl.&nbsp; The difference is irrigation.&nbsp; If the aquifer is ever depleted they will just plant native grasses and go farm someplace else.I&#039;ve posted before that I think that some of these studies are just a wild a$$ guess, but since you seem to believe them, here&#039;s a good one.&nbsp; If I see enough of these like this one I might have to rethink my position on that.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.biocab.org/carbon_dioxide_geological_timescale.html" target="_blank">Good synopsis with lots of pretty graphs</a>Here&#039;s the intro: Here&#039;s the bottom line:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 2644953, member: 3099"] I'm fully aware of the cause of the dustbowl. I worked the OK panhandle, SW Kansas, and SE Colorado for a couple of years researching land records. You can actually see the Grapes of Wrath in the courthouse records. I also loved to go out to Optima lake when I was up there and read up on that whole fiasco, so I'm aware. And again it was a short time even in human context. I'll also add that there are probably more acres growing crops right now than then and there is no dust bowl. The difference is irrigation. If the aquifer is ever depleted they will just plant native grasses and go farm someplace else. I've posted before that I think that some of these studies are just a wild a$$ guess, but since you seem to believe them, here's a good one. If I see enough of these like this one I might have to rethink my position on that. [URL="http://www.biocab.org/carbon_dioxide_geological_timescale.html"]Good synopsis with lots of pretty graphs[/URL] Here's the intro: Here's the bottom line: [/QUOTE]

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