A Saturday Short
Climate Change A Peel Using Bananas
When eating a banana, my wife says it should be peeled from the stem end. I, on the other hand, peel it from the opposite end, or as I call it, the end-end. While many claim the banana is the world’s favorite fruit, Artificial Intelligence (AI) writes that, based on global production figures, it is the tomato. Most people do not think of a tomato as a fruit, but based on botanical definitions, it is classified as such. I often buy plantains as well – a very different type of banana that is very good fried.
The world of climate change has gone bananas! Literally!
The Guardian, one of the world’s foremost ogres of climate change, writes an article entitled, “Climate crisis threatens the banana, the world’s most popular fruit, research shows”. The column details a report written by Christian Aid that alleges banana harvests are decreasing in the Latin American countries of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Colombia.
Christian Aid, headquartered in Britain, is a benevolent organization of Christians assisting the destitute of the world. Their website states, “Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches, and local organizations who passionately champion dignity, equality, and justice worldwide. We are the change makers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.”
For that, I praise them, but they are not a research firm. However, like everyone else who heralds the devastating, but false, harvest impacts of climate change, Christian Aid fails to investigate the statistics with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
From the FAO, Climate Realism states:
Caribbean banana yields increased by more than 30 percent, and production expanded by more than 39 percent;
Central America’s banana yields grew by more than 36 percent, and production rose by nearly 65 percent;
South American banana yields climbed by almost 29 percent, and production increased by more than 47 percent; and,
World banana production grew by nearly 61 percent, and production increased by more than 150 percent.
Further, the change in weather patterns reported in the Christian Aid report has also been proven bogus.
People need to appreciate the work of all organizations, religious or not, that assist the impoverished of the world. I would hope that their story was not an inventive fable merely to advance donations.
