Posted on 07/25/2014 8:19:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A New York University professor has a revolutionary idea for combating global warming: making ourselves greener.
Matthew Liao, director of NYUs bioethics program, thinks that human engineering is a possible solution to global warming, and he lays out his ideas in a new paper. While previous environmental efforts have been focused on reducing the carbon emissions that are said to be causing global warming, Liao says we should look to changing ourselves.
We tried to think outside the box, Liao told BBC News. What hasnt been suggested with respect to addressing climate change?
One of his ideas is to artificially induce intolerance to red meat. If people dislike the taste, Liao says, there will be reduced demand for meat and therefore a reduced environmental impact, as 18 percent of greenhouse emissions come from livestock farming. The paper suggests people take a pill that would trigger nausea if they ingest meat, which would lead to a long-term aversion to meat.
Liao explained in an interview with The Atlantic that he and his colleagues have also toyed with the idea of a patch, similar to a nicotine patch, which will make its user sick if he or she tries to eat a juicy burger. He argues that such a patch would be liberty enhancing.
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That is a total BS statistic. Cattle eat plants, just as every herbivore in the wild; deer, moose, rabbits, etc. What is so very different about cattle, other than they are tasty?
Paging Dr. Mengele, Dr. Mengele please pick up the white courtesy phone.
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