Posted on 01/27/2018 6:29:01 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Can the simple act of eating a sandwich really be bad for the environment?
New research by British scientists suggests a shocking response: Depends on the sandwich.
Researchers at the University of Manchester Thursday announced the results of what they claim to be "the first ever study looking at the carbon footprint of sandwiches, both home-made and pre-packaged."
Perhaps not surprisingly, the results are bad news for meat-eaters. The study found that sandwiches containing pork meat (that's bacon, ham and sausage), cheese and prawns contained the highest carbon footprints.
The worst of the lot, the so-called "all-day breakfast" sandwich containing egg, bacon and sausage, created the same carbon dioxide emissions as driving a car 12 miles.
The study took into account the environmental impact of raising various sandwich ingredients, processing them, transporting them, packaging them and refrigerating them before purchase and consumption.
In their conclusion, the researchers recommend reducing the amount of cheese and meat in sandwiches, extending sell-by and use-by dates, and making sandwiches at home if at all possible.
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A suggestion: UK scientists should give up eating altogether, thus removing their carbon footprint permanently from our planet.
Cow farts. You’ve been warned.
I'm not a damn rabbit.
By their criteria any human activity causes global warming.
I’m all about peta. People eating tasting animals is a pastime for me. This article reminds me it’s about time for bacon!
I wonder what the carbon footprint of a baked bean sandwich is?
Make me a sammich!
It looks like the easiest solution is to just eliminate about 95% of the world’s population.
I think eating more pork would be better for the environment.
All the bombs that the muzzies set off are bad for the environment. Acid attacks are real bad for women, children nd the birds.
So following their logic muzzies out to be outlawed and put down.
In the meantime I’ll start cutting up the pig I butchered yesteday.
Well, what if I drive 12 miles to Hardees for a egg, bacon, & cheese biscuit? I bet than will destroy the planet twice as fast. But it taste so good!
Wait, who puts prawns on a sandwich?
Wimpy (from Popeye):
I will gladly pay some carbon offsets tomorrow for a hamburger today.
I’d be so embarrassed to even hint at such an idiotic thing. Of corse, liberalism has no shame. This sounds like an attempt to eliminate pork so the Muzzies won’t be offended. And since the UK is being overrun with them, they’re trying to get on their good side.
Now I’m hungry for Hardees!
Well then, let liberal show their concern by quitting eating; you know, setting a good example.
Ok, I’ll play. Give me the bacon without the bread.
...And once again, my FR friends, we have today’s classic example of the insanity brought on by the mental disease known as liberalism.
Just about everyday, we have another “classic example”.
These people need to be in padded cells.
This group hysteria is spreading like a plague.
I think UK scientists cause global warming.
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