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2012-02-14 Europe
Global Warming to Wipe Out Italian Olive Trees
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Posted by Whinens Jeling8412 2012-02-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 The difference is orange trees are relatively recent in Florida, whereas olive trees have grown in Italy for millenia.

If there is a large scale die off, I'd be interested if there is a historical precedent and when. Probably the Little Ice Age or perhaps the Year Without a Summer.
Posted by phil_b 2012-02-14 03:24||   2012-02-14 03:24|| Front Page Top

#2 There are one or two types of olives that will grow as far north as Cairo Illinois. It spikes much colder than -10C (14F) there.
Posted by Water Modem 2012-02-14 08:16||   2012-02-14 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Anyone who doubts how tough olive trees are is invited to try and chop one down.
Posted by Grunter 2012-02-14 16:11||   2012-02-14 16:11|| Front Page Top

#4 As I understand it, the Spartans ran an entire campaign to destroy Athenian Olive Groves, to no avail.

Perhaps the Britons could grow them, next to their grapes.

Seems to me the greatest threat to euro-zone agriculture, is the Euro-Zone, who if I remember right destroys fruit which does not look right and plowed under the pride of French Vinyards.
Posted by swksvolFF 2012-02-14 17:13||   2012-02-14 17:13|| Front Page Top

#5 D *** NG, does the Corleones' Olive Oil company/division know???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-02-14 20:09||   2012-02-14 20:09|| Front Page Top

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