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The Bee-pocalypse Was Another Climate Change False Alarm

You are free to believe what you wish, but the quest for oil and gas,
has led to many technological advances, that have benefited many other areas of science.

I'm not saying there hasn't been at some point in time. I don't think anybody sensibly can. Like every other form of technology though, it's bound to be outdated for whatever reason. The thing is it has and it's because oil is dangerous. It's not a belief, it's a fact backed up by empirical evidence. There's ZERO harm in trying to find renewable energy except for oil companies that choose not to invest. Meanwhile, there is every benefit in the world for the latter.

Their research is aimed at improving profits, and patents last 15 years.

Oh, I don't doubt it.
 
The concern with the bees dying off has never been a concern for bee-keepers, but rather for bees in the wild. And bees in the wild are still facing a significant problem. If you are truly concerned about the health of the species (I know you are only using this article as a pseudo-strawman in an attempt to further affirm your own belief that global warming is false), then you should concern yourself with the species in the wild. Consider these two articles if you actually want more information on this relevant and concerning issue.

That's not accurate. As a beekeeper, I can tell you that cultivated bees are dying off. They call it CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder), but it has nothing to do with global warming, and more to do with widespread use of insecticides.

I've been involved in a project the past few years where we've been bringing wild hives home and those bees are quite a bit healthier than (and more aggressive) than cultivated bees. Part of the issue is that we've used so many medications that our cultivated hives have lost some of their natural resistance to disease, and mite infestation. We treat for everything. The bees have very little immunity.

One thing I wanted to mention was that one of you links was to bumble bees, which are not in danger, but are also not honeybees.

Honeybees are in danger. Global warming has nothing to do with it.

The sad thing is that folks like me are close to throwing in the towel after over-winter losses up to two-thirds of my hives. I do this more for a hobby, and because I love bees, but it costs me abut $250 to replace each lost hive each year, so it's a losing proposition. One beekeeper lost every last one of his 30 hives last winter. Every last one. Another, only a couple of counties away, lost only two out of twenty.

It's a problem, but it's not unheard of. It's happened before -- decades before -- and we can only hope we pull out this time as well.
 
I'm not saying there hasn't been at some point in time. I don't think anybody sensibly can. Like every other form of technology though, it's bound to be outdated for whatever reason. The thing is it has and it's because oil is dangerous. It's not a belief, it's a fact backed up by empirical evidence. There's ZERO harm in trying to find renewable energy except for oil companies that choose not to invest. Meanwhile, there is every benefit in the world for the latter.



Oh, I don't doubt it.
Oil, and the high energy density fuel we derive from it, is the only reason our
society can exists at it's current level.
Everything is dangerous, we must weigh the risks vs the benefits,
With oil the benefits are VERY high, and the risks are fairly low.
And no, there is not any empirical evidence of the catastrophic AGW as predicted by the IPCC.
If you think such evidence exists, please cite a peer reviewed paper.

Also what makes you think oil companies are not investing in renewable energy?
After all the oil companies have a better understanding of the real problem,
than just about anyone else, the feedstock for their marketed product, is a finite resource.
The published literature, says they can make hydrocarbon fuels from water, energy, and air,
at about a 70% efficiency.
Audi Just Invented Fuel Made From CO2 and Water
who is to say Exxon has not also been working on similar concepts?
The have the expertise, the research facilities, and the distribution infrastructure.
They also do not publish things that will give their competition an advantage.
 
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