GLOBAL WARMING, CLIMATE CHANGE, OR DUST IN THE WIND

   I have been working on this question for a few months now. I don't believe that one is real, and one is made up. I would say they are one in the same. I would also say we have not scratched the surface on what may be leading to these problems. Depending on your education, and political beliefs you may believe in one, or both. Some say its all made up and fake. If you believe its fake than you may want to explain all the basic weather facts like higher temperature on land, and in the sea, lower precipitation globally, the rise in ocean levels, as well as the death of billions of honey bees.
  Some experts put the blame on carbon emissions. The problem is some of the hottest places on the

planet have extremely low emission problems. Not to mention all the mega carbon issues we had in the industrial revolution, that don't appear to be getting any blame. The end of Aqua Net Hairspray, and like products was at one time believed to be the answer. Eliminating those products helped rid the world of bad 90's hair, and little more. We added parts to cars, and trucks to lower carbon as well. Now we have a little less smog, but still have that heat index, and other climate change problems. This problem is much bigger than the last 60 or so years. The answer is here in North America, but has been forgotten by most.

 I believe we need to re-examine the dust bowl of the 1930s. Most should have knowledge of what happened then. This neglected region could hold the key to fixing the problem. The top soil that turned to dust can still be found as far away as Ohio. Just find a field that has never been plowed, and dig a hole with clean edges a couple feet deep. You will see the dust line caused by the dust bowl layered in the soil. The dust bowl region was the biggest grass lands on the Continent for as long as any recorded history can be found. That changed with millions of plowed acres in one drought. We left the land to mend its self. It still to today has not.
  This is a key piece of land. Environmentally I would say its our most valuable lost asset at fixing not just climate change, but California's water shortage, the melting of our northern polar cap, as well as the loss of cooling precipitation that allows non gmo crops to grow bigger and better, and the death of honey bees that need the flowers created by pollination from crops. The reason this land is so important is the prevailing surface winds.
  For lack of a better way of putting it I tripped on this theory in my own yard. For years I have cut my grass short, and bagged. This year I decided to use a recycle mower with no bag. I as well raised the cut height to its tallest setting so my lawn could produce seed and thicken. My lawn produced seed for six weeks so I left the high setting to benefit. My neighbor continued to cut short and bag so in a way he helped me discover a little something.
  The discovery was Morning Dew. This is valuable not only for the yard, but the planet. This is fresh water created every night on blades of grass that drops to the soil becoming ground water, or evaporates and is carried by surface winds becoming humidity, and precipitation. My grass remains twice as green as my neighbors, and needs cut weekly. He can go two weeks between cuts, and he has brown patches, as well as a crispy sound when walking in the yard. Morning dew will give you wet feet in my yard till about noon, his is dry by nine or ten am on the average day. We both edged about two weeks ago my soil was dark brown and moist, his was dry and created a dust cloud. We dont water in our neighborhood. Our water company charges the highest rates in the state so thats just not happening. That got me thinking just how important grass can be. Then late one night PBS did a story on the hardships of those who fled the dust bowl. That got the wheels turning in my head again.
   Looking at the paths of ground winds shows us 

just how real this is. Notice the paths of ground winds, and the prevailing winds. The Dust Bowl is responsible for providing evaporated moisture in the air from California, to our polar cap. Why is there no water in California? What caused the Sultan Sea to become poison? Why are the Ice caps melting faster than they can grow? Things like this dont break overnight. This started over eighty years ago. The fall out along the way was basically ignored. We had cars, trucks, and hair spray to blame.  This never was cleaned up.
  My family came to Ohio from the coal fields of West Virginia. When Mines close its required that the land be put back in as best condition as possible. The same can be said about the logging industry.  Both of these industries plant grass, trees, ground cover, this never happened post dust bowl. Conservation of our resources is a must no one argues that. We lost what could be most of North Americas fresh water here. If the wind blows hot,and dry over the ice caps they melt. Sounds like the sea levels may truly have a reason to be rising now.  The question is how do we fix millions of acres of land destroyed by irresponsible farming eighty years ago? Or can we afford not to?
  I find it hard to believe with all the bright minds in this country that this has not been thought of. Then I remember my second thought on this. How to get funding for a project with no profit? I cant imagine the cost of replanting what was the largest grass land on the Continent. The amount of red tape needed could keep China producing it for years. Most of the land is privately owned so there is that too.  Who would administer it? EPA? BLM? National Park Service? Why not the Koch brother? Monsanto maybe? How do we turn the region into the worlds largest compost pile? Would we need to bring Topsoil in from around the Continent? Do we have a magical GMO seed that could do it in present soil? This is what has been on my mind for months now, and answers to these questions .
  I plan to forward this blog entry to those with the funds, and connections, to get the ball bouncing. If I was asked what should we do? My answer would be plant some grass. With advancements in meteorology we can track humidity, and dew points. I would start in the panhandle of Oklahoma, or south east Colorado. Seed a few thousand acres, let it grow untouched, and start taking readings. With a start in that location, moisture from the test patch could be tracked from the bottom to the top of the dust bowl. This would also create the rain needed for seeding should it prove to be working. A few years down the road the lands would provide for ranchers, and wild life. The animals would provide fertilizer for the grass. If acted upon the benefits of this project would be noticeable on a large scale in just a couple to a few years. If we can grow grass on bricks, we can grow it here.
   In the driest places on the Earth People are now catching water in the wind. We now know this can be done in locations without ground water. They catch the water created by dew, from plants hundreds of miles away. So most of this theory is already proved and in practice. We can grow grass on any surface, it creates dew that becomes moisture in the air, and that water can be harvested, or allowed to do natures work. We waist billions on pork projects every year. This  could be the win we have needed for decades.
   
 






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