{"id":5093,"date":"2009-01-15T18:12:33","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T18:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=3796"},"modified":"2009-01-15T18:12:33","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T18:12:33","slug":"the-latest-victim-of-global-warming-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/the-latest-victim-of-global-warming-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest Victim of Global Warming: Beer!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Colleges have always been a primary point of rally for green initiatives.\u00a0 Now, a threat to malting barley has created a new call for support as the price and availability of beer is being threatened by climate change according to a study conducted and released in 2008.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The potential for the alcohol industry to be effected by climate change has been a concern for some time, but it is hitting a feverish pitch and garnering support and calls to action from campuses across the country.\u00a0 In Lawrence, Kansas, Greenpeace volunteers held a recruitment event called “Save the Ales” earlier this week to tackle how global warming<\/a> effects college drinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not really about the beer,\u201d John Gawin, Greenpeace intern, said. \u201cIt just shows you how climate change can effect even small things.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concepts of global warming and climate change have been well documented and embraced by politicians and mainstream media for quite some time now, save a few reluctant to see the truth.\u00a0 While the general public is aware that there is a problem, it is often difficult for many to grasp it on a personal level.\u00a0 We see how it is reported, but it sometimes takes a direct effect on the “simple things” in life to make it tangible.<\/p>\n

In college, beer is real.<\/p>\n

The study conducted in 2008 reveals a trend towards drastically increasing prices of the materials used to create beer that is a direct result of global warming.\u00a0 Jim Salinger, a climate scientist at New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, claims that if changes aren’t made soon, beer could become scarce.<\/p>\n

“It will mean either there will be pubs without beer or the cost of beer will go up,” Salinger told the Institute of Brewing and Distilling convention.<\/p>\n

For college students, even those who aren’t activists, this could be the last straw that brings them to the fight.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: Andre Charland on Flickr<\/a> under a Creative Commons <\/a>license<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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