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Offline Virwill

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Climate change, barley and the cost of making beer
« on: October 23, 2018, 06:19:54 am »
"Ultimately, our modeling suggests that during the most severe climate events, the price of beer would double and global consumption would decline by 16 percent, or 29 billion liters. That is roughly equal to the total annual beer consumption of the U.S."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/23/our-research-found-that-climate-change-could-cause-beer-shortage-heres-why/?utm_term=.f8da578284dc

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Re: Climate change, barley and the cost of making beer
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2018, 06:55:12 am »
I saw that article as well.
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Re: Climate change, barley and the cost of making beer
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2018, 08:33:11 am »
I saw that article as well.
Just putting it out there. It'll probably take a long time to determine measurable impact and that'll vary widely depending on location. 

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Re: Climate change, barley and the cost of making beer
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2018, 05:54:57 am »
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