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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and Birth Control is the First step ?
The Hulk was green but that was not good form most.
Human genetic engineering. What possibly could go wrong...?
Sieg Heil, Herr Professor!
He doesn’t have the common sense God gave a slug.
Seppuku, Matthew Liao.
Seppuku.
You’ll feel much better, and certainly be much greener, after you’ve finished.
That will be the ultimate method.
We're just in the "pretend it's not" stage right now.
No need, by the time Obama is done with our economy, only the elites will be able to afford beef anyway.
He argues that such a patch would be liberty enhancing.
Truly Orwellian.
Entirely the goal of destroying the economy.
Birth control for all DemonRats. Maybe providing contraception to them at universities wouldn’t be such a bad idea after all.
They could use GM to create a smaller human race. Making the average human 2 feet tall and perhaps 80 pounds would use up a lot less of the earth precious resources. Weren’t Hobbits ecofriendly?
CC
Ok! That would make a “person of color”, and I’d get benefits! ;)
Well they’re already tring to produce “all genders” in the labs that can F themselves and reproduce ... for the gay population of course. And the libs would love to have cerebral cybernetic enhancements by having implants buried in their skulls (I guess they don’t realize that there might be a trojan horse embedded for behavior modification and punishment if you don’t comply with what the robotic NWO officer tells you to do. These guys are the type that are stupid enough to think they can make people become X-men with a chip slipped into their skull that will give them super powers like super strength and the ability to fly. Geez....
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