Too bad we can't have HOT AIR powered wind turbines. Because Al Gore blows plenty of it with this global warming nonsense to solve the "energy crisis" on his own.
Isn't it amazing how it's turned into a one-size-fits all policy? My, my, isn't "global warming" flexible. Besides being anti-capitalism, anti-USA, anti-oil, anti-coal, and even anti-Africa & anti-developing world, its even anti-meat now!?
Give me a break. For every veggie burger you eat I'll be sure to put two BEEF burgers on my grill this summer.
It's the Meat Eating, Not the Fossil Fuel |
by Bob Lovejoy |
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Last week, in a major address in the nation’s capital, former Vice President Al Gore called for a 10-year plan to move the nation’s entire energy supply to solar, wind, and other renewable sources. What he failed to address is the massive role of meat production in the global climate crisis.
An authoritative 2006 report by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization found that animal agriculture accounts for fully 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. That’s more than automobiles! It is also a major cause of land and water degradation.
Carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, is emitted by burning forests to create animal pastures and by combustion of fossil fuels to operate feed growing tractors, factory farm and slaughterhouse machinery, trucks, and refrigeration equipment. The much more damaging methane and nitrous oxide are discharged from digestive tracts of cattle and from animal waste cesspools, respectively.
The good news is that each of us can do our part to reduce global warming without waiting ten years. Our local supermarket stocks a rich variety of soy-based lunch un-meats, hotdogs, veggie burgers, dairy products, and ready-to-eat frozen dinners. Did I mention the cornucopia of fruits and vegetables that have always been readily available to us? More details are at www.tryveg.com.
Bob Lovejoy
Buffalo
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Joe 24 Jul 2008, 17:30
John Steinsvold
22 Jan 2009, 23:27
An Alternative to Capitalism? The following link, takes you to a "utopian" article, entitled "Home of the Brave?" which I wrote and appeared in the Athenaeum Library of Philosophy: http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/steinsvold.htm John Steinsvold Leave a Comment:
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