{"id":216729,"date":"2022-09-01T14:41:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T12:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=216729"},"modified":"2022-09-01T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T12:41:11","slug":"biofuels-drying-up-lake-mead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=216729","title":{"rendered":"Biofuels Drying Up Lake Mead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"545\" data-attachment-id=\"216739\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=216739\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-32.png?fit=960%2C724&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,724\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-32\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-32.png?fit=723%2C545&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-32.png?resize=723%2C545&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-32.png?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-32.png?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-32.png?resize=768%2C579&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-32.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An ethanol plant with its giant corn silos next to a cornfield in Windsor, Colorado July 7, 2006.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agriculture uses 87% of Colorado water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"216730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=216730\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-27.png?fit=599%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"599,504\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-27\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-27.png?fit=599%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-27.png?resize=723%2C609&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216730\" width=\"723\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-27.png?w=599&amp;ssl=1 599w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-27.png?resize=300%2C252&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"368\" data-attachment-id=\"216732\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=216732\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-28.png?fit=1024%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,521\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-28\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-28.png?fit=723%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-28.png?resize=723%2C368&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-28.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-28.png?resize=300%2C153&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-28.png?resize=768%2C391&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/waterknowledge.colostate.edu\/water-management-administration\/water-uses\/#1525208065430-1ccb9fc1-47bf\">Water Uses | Colorado Water Knowledge | Colorado State University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A large percentage of that water is used to grow corn for biofuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWater used in energy extraction, processing and conversion is a significant share of overall demand for water demand in the United States. It is likely to rise as we increase reliance on water-intensive fuels. Some of the fuels that have been promoted by government policies have larger-than-average water consumption, especially biofuels for transportation fuels. Corn ethanol has by far the highest water consumption of any fuel analyzed, largely due to irrigation during the corn-growing stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"288\" data-attachment-id=\"216733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=216733\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-29.png?fit=981%2C391&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"981,391\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-29\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-29.png?fit=723%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-29.png?resize=723%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-29.png?w=981&amp;ssl=1 981w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-29.png?resize=300%2C120&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-29.png?resize=768%2C306&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfercenter.org\/sites\/default\/files\/legacy\/files\/ETIP-DP-2010-15-final-4.pdf\">etip-water-consumption-cover.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0ETIP-DP-2010-15-final-4.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Einbettung von 0ETIP-DP-2010-15-final-4..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f4eb821f-200f-4fd6-b215-a03cfd543374\" href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0ETIP-DP-2010-15-final-4.pdf\">0ETIP-DP-2010-15-final-4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0ETIP-DP-2010-15-final-4.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f4eb821f-200f-4fd6-b215-a03cfd543374\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are sucking water out of the Colorado River to create biofuels, and then blame it on climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"355\" data-attachment-id=\"216735\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=216735\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-30.png?fit=765%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"765,376\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-30\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-30.png?fit=723%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-30.png?resize=723%2C355&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-30.png?w=765&amp;ssl=1 765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-30.png?resize=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"343\" data-attachment-id=\"216736\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=216736\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-31.png?fit=759%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"759,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-31\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-31.png?fit=723%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-31.png?resize=723%2C343&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-31.png?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-31.png?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/us-corn-based-ethanol-worse-climate-than-gasoline-study-finds-2022-02-14\/\">U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds | Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">via <strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">Real Climate Science<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/HB0saxV\">https:\/\/ift.tt\/HB0saxV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 31, 2022&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agriculture 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CNN, Climate Change Driven Extreme Weather Not Behind Declining River Levels","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/09\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In short, CNN\u2019s story is more an indictment of its own biases concerning the dangers of purported human-caused climate change than it is a report documenting the dangers of climate change itself.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-628.png?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-628.png?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-628.png?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, 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This is false, built almost entirely on speculative claims about future weather and ignores the fact that reductions in extreme cold will positively influence health related\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate change\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate change","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/00waleedkhalid-fall-7493049_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/00waleedkhalid-fall-7493049_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/00waleedkhalid-fall-7493049_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/00waleedkhalid-fall-7493049_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/00waleedkhalid-fall-7493049_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":286535,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=286535","url_meta":{"origin":216729,"position":2},"title":"Colorado River Flow Data Disproves \u201cClimate Change Warming\u201d Computer Model Flow Reduction Claims","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"04\/11\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The next question is, does climate change even predict future reductions of precipitation over the Colorado River watershed? 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