But...if I don't eat meat...I'LL STARVE!!
I'm shutting up now.
Posted on 09/07/2008 7:40:59 AM PDT by Federalist Society
People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, the world's leading authority on global warming has told The Observer
Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which last year earned a joint share of the Nobel Peace Prize, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further.
His comments are the most controversial advice yet provided by the panel on how individuals can help tackle global warning.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Hey, UN.. I only eat meat once a week now, and it is getting colder already! Don’t really know what would happen if I eliminate one more day. Do you suppose the democrat hell would freeze over?
If methane is 23 times "more effective as gw agent" than CO2, then conversely CO2 is 23 times LESS effective as a gw agent. So then why are they focusing on CO2, wanting to wreck the US economy to reduce CO2 emissions? And why aren't they supporting nuclear energy, where the reactors do not emit any CO2 or any other "green house gases", occupy a very small "environmental footprint" (unlike windmill farms and solar farms, where you have to cover a huge area to get anything worthwhile)
Their answer to everything is to CONTROL people, NOT to actually solve a problem, IF there is problem.
I guess we should all just go back to the stone age and eat berries off the trees, so we won't cause global warming.
There’s plenty of room for all of God’s creatures.....right next to the mashed potatoes!
But eating meat sold in supermarkets may be mistake. I used to be a big meat eater. I love big, thick, juicy BBQ steaks and still do.
Then I had a severe stroke that left me paralyzed and disabled. After a very long recovery and years of rehab, my son turned me on to eating raw, fresh veggies. I switched to eating a diet that is almost meat free and using only hormone free milk . . .
Now my BP is 120/70 and my resting heart rate is between 52 and 62. I get out and walk every day for about two hours. There is hope for everybody who wants to improve their life.
Last month I learned something from somebody I respect about the meat departments of most grocery stores. He works for a very large food store chain. He told me that about four years ago he discovered the chain had made new arrangements for disposing of old cardboard boxes. Trucks pick them up for free and haul them away.
Then he told me this outfit shreds the old boxes. Even the heavily wax covered produce boxes are throw into the shredder. The company sprays them with growth hormone and mixes them with other 'garbage food' products: This concoction is sold to ranchers who feed this toxic mishmash to cattle and dairy cows.
The Dept of Agriculture, Meat Inspectors and FDA close their eyes to what is going on.
There is a reason why Americans are so incredibly fat: Growth hormones fed to the animals we love to eat. Now you know why Japan, S. Korea and Europe are banning meat from the U.S. Now you know why they are so p@ssed off at our meat industry.
Don't take my word for it, do some research on your own. I still love good steaks. But I eat only the best prime, range fed beef. And I have cut back on my meat intake dramatically.
Cheers !
M00se M00se!
People should never eat meat. Ever since I have become a vegetarian, I have felt wonderful. I never get sick and I have lost weight. I became a vegetarian because I feel sorry for the poor animals. Every time I hear about a meat recall, I wonder how anyone could eat meat.
I'm shutting up now.
Obviously, the entree at all UN events should be rice and beans.
Until these champagne socialists practice what they preach, they have no business telling anyone how to live.
That settles it. I just took some steaks out of the freezer for dinner tonight.
Think I’ll grill some steaks this evening. Should be lovely out on the deck.
RockinRight says: I’m hungry and I think I should go get a Baconator from Wendy’s.
If we shut down the UN, “global warming” would no longer be an issue due to the resulting reduction in hot air.
If we shut down the UN, “global warming” would no longer be an issue due to the resulting reduction in hot air.
I don’t know, if they could “grow” a 50-pound tenderloin. . .
And cattle aren’t terribly efficient. Problem is, grass-fed cattle TASTE different than grain-fed, not sure they’d be able to compensate.
OTOH, the possibility of massive amounts of cheap Argentine Pampas-type beef. . . yum!
We need a law banning meat consumption by anyone connected to the UN while in the US.
Real smart. The world is entering a cooling period which will cause crop yields to fall and the UN wants to help that cooling along.
I will now eat meat in at least 2 meals a day, as my budget will allow.
This kind of “global warming” is just plain garbage.
Rajendra Pachauri
On December 10, 2007, Dr. Pachauri accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the IPCC, along with co-recipient Al Gore.
He was on the Board of Directors of the Indian Oil Corporation (January 1999 to September 2003)
He is a strict vegetarian, partly due to his beliefs as a Hindu, and partly because of the impact of meat-production on the environment.
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