Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 04/20/2009 7:12:39 PM PDT by Gordon Greene
THE rising number of fat people was yesterday blamed for global warming. Scientists warned that the increase in big-eaters means more food production — a major cause of CO2 gas emissions warming the planet.
Overweight people are also more likely to drive, adding to environmental damage.
Lard help us ... overweight must eat less for planet
Dr Phil Edwards, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: “Moving about in a heavy body is like driving in a gas guzzler.”
Each fat person is said to be responsible for emitting a tonne more of climate-warming carbon dioxide per year than a thin one.
It means an extra BILLION TONNES of CO2 a year is created, according to World Health Organisation estimates of overweight people.
The scientists say providing extra grub for them to guzzle adds to carbon emissions that heat up the world, melting polar ice caps, raising sea levels and killing rain forests.
The environmental impact of fat humans is made even worse because they are more likely to travel by car — another major cause of carbon emissions.
Battle
And researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine say wealthy nations like the US and Britain are getting fatter by the decade.
Dr Phil Edwards said: “Food production accounts for about one fifth of greenhouse gases.
“We need to do a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness. It is a key factor in the battle to reduce carbon emissions and slow climate change.
“It is time we took account of the amount we are eating.
“This is about over-consumption by the wealthy countries. And the world demand for meat is increasing to match that of Britain and America.
“It is also much easier to get in your car and pick up a pint of milk than to take a walk.”
In peril ... polar ice melting
The study by Dr Edwards and colleague Ian Roberts is published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
Dr Edwards went on: “We are not just pointing the finger at fat people. All populations are getting fatter and it has an impact on the environment.
“UK health surveys estimate fatness has increased from an average body mass index of 26 to 27 in the last ten years.
“That’s equivalent to about half a stone for every person.”
Anyone with a BMI above 25 is overweight, while more than 30 is obese.
A staggering 40 per cent of Americans are obese, among 300 million worldwide.
Disasters
Australian Professor Paul Zimmet predicted a disastrous obesity pandemic back in 2006.
And Oxfam warned yesterday that the number of people hit by climate-related disasters will soar by more than half in the next six years to 375million.
The impact of more storms, floods and droughts could overwhelm aid organisations.
Sun doctor Carol Cooper said last night: “I’m not sure which came first, people getting fat and driving or the other way around. It is true fat people eat more food than average.
“A few obese people have a hormone problem, although most simply don’t use enough calories and eat too many. But making them feel guilty antagonises them and may not help.”
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
” Burp”...I’ll have the #7 Fiesta Platter and 2 of those new round sugar things, Please”
I weigh 105.
You owe me LOTS of carbon credits!
Pay up!
[what can a person spend carbon credits on, any way? books? clothes?]...;-D
And let’s not mention the extra amount of methane fat people produce, which is a far worst greenhouse gas than CO2.
I dont believe that is physically possible
Chill out. Have a steak. With some butter and mashed potatoes. Like I did tonight. Someone’s got to keep the cow population in check.
http://maxredline.typepad.com/maxredline/2008/10/the-evironmentally-consious-meat.html
October 06, 2008
The Evironmentally-Consious {sic} Meat
That’d be Kangaroo. Marsupials, you see, have only tiny farts.
Professor Garnaut reports that Australian marsupials such as kangaroos, unlike cattle and sheep, emit negligible amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 21 times stronger than carbon dioxide.
While AlGore’s got everybody running scared over CO2, the fact of the matter is that methane is far more potent as a greenhouse gas. Garnaut recognizes that cattle and sheep produce a lot of methane, and so he reasons that if people moved toward more environmentally friendly sources of protein, such as roo meat, we’d all be better off.
Unfortunately, as mentioned before, the primary biological emitter of methane are neither cows nor sheep - but termites.
Termites are prodigious farters, and it’s almost all methane - a byproduct of their digestive systems that are exclusively cellulose-based. There are so many termites on the planet that elimination of the entire cattle and sheep industries would have little effect upon atmospheric methane.
Taken on a pound-for-pound measure, there are more termites than all species of mammals combined. That’s impressive. And termites don’t seem to get worked up much over “Anthropogenic Global Warming”. Maybe it’s because AGW doesn’t exist. Maybe it’s because global climate issues just don’t bother them all that much. They’ve been farting around on the planet far longer than you have. And they’ll continue doing so long after you’re gone.
If you think you’re going to “Save The Planet” by recycling more, using compact fluorescent bulbs, using only one square of toilet paper at a time, or driving a Prius - you’re sadly mistaken.
Posted by Max on October 06, 2008 at 06:19 PM in Growing Vegetables | Permalink
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Why not?
There’s no doubt that the global warming people would like us to all have the same standard of living that they enjoy in North Korea.
105 lb. women aren’t at all uncommon. ...especially young women.
Dr Phil Edwards should shoot himself . That will reduce his carbon output.
“I weigh 105.
You owe me LOTS of carbon credits!
Pay up!”
I’m 480 pounds but I’m 8’ 12” tall...
Actually, I’ve lost 20 pounds lately. I wonder if the world will owe me?
Its just not fair
“I weigh 105”
“I dont believe that is physically possible”
If that’s Sal in the pictures, not a feathers’ weight more...
“what can a person spend carbon credits on, any way? books? clothes?”
You can’t, but Al Goreon sells them, so he will spend
your money for you.
He still has to pay the electric bill on his estate with
all those flood lights on his trees.
They're worried about 7 freaking pounds in 10 years???
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Termite farts? Obviously someone was very badly in need of a doctoral thesis.
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