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Barack Obama: Eating More Steaks Contributes to Climate Change
Breitbart ^ | May 9,2017 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 05/09/2017 4:44:21 PM PDT by Hojczyk

7,311 Former President Barack Obama warned the world that more people on the planet were eating meat, causing a dramatic rise in climate emissions.

“As people want to increase meat consumption, that in turn is spiking the growth of greenhouse emissions coming out of the agricultural sector,” Obama said, pointing to countries that were consuming more meat.

The former president shared his views about the growing threat during a conversation about food with his former chef Sam Kass at a food innovation summit in Milan.

“People aren’t as familiar with the impact of cows and methane,” Obama said, adding that “as people want to increase more meat consumption, that in turn is spiking the growth of greenhouse emissions coming out of the agricultural sectors.”

The amount of cows, Obama explained, were contributing to global pollution, alluding to the amounts of methane gas emissions from cow herds.

“No matter what, we are going to see an increase in meat consumption,” Obama said, pointing to developing economies in China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. More advanced countries, Obama said, would have to teach people to “have a smaller steak” and explore reductions to their meat consumption.

“What it does mean is that we’re also going to have to find ways to produce protein in a more efficient way,” he said.

During the conversation, Obama argued with Kass about how many steaks he had cooked him.

Kass said that he probably cooked “thousands of steaks” for the president, but Obama interrupted.

“I don’t think, thousands,” he protested.

“Well hundreds maybe,” Kass backtracked. “I’ve been cooking for you for 10 years.”

“What is true is that I’m not a vegetarian,” Obama admitted, adding that he “respected vegetarians” but continued to eat meat.

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KEYWORDS: envirowhackos; fakescience; ranching
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To: Hojczyk

Thanks Barry, had no idea what to have for dinner tonight..now I know..STEAK


21 posted on 05/09/2017 4:52:50 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Hojczyk

Vegetarians are more docile and easy to control.


22 posted on 05/09/2017 4:52:59 PM PDT by Venkman (Those that will not hear must be made to feel. - German proverb)
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To: Hojczyk
So does playing golf.

So does flying to Tahiti.

Not to mention chopping down all those trees to print his book.

23 posted on 05/09/2017 4:53:41 PM PDT by x
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To: Hojczyk

He is bound and determined to destroy this Republic. This reminds me of when Moosechelle was telling everyone that her lunch menu should be adhered to but was shoving tacos down her throat that immediately went to her butt.


24 posted on 05/09/2017 4:53:51 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Hojczyk

STUDY: Vegetarian Diets ‘Worse’ For ‘Climate Change’ – Three Times ‘More Harmful to the Environment’

Carnegie Mellon Study: ‘Eating lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions than eating bacon.’

‘Lots of common vegetables require more resources per calorie than you would think. Eggplant, celery and cucumbers look particularly bad when compared to pork or chicken.’

By: Marc Morano - Climate DepotDecember 14, 2015 7:28 PM with 13 comments

Monday, December 14, 2015
VEGETARIAN AND “HEALTHY” DIETS COULD BE MORE HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT!

Carnegie Mellon Study Finds Eating Lettuce Is More Than Three Times Worse in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Than Eating Bacon

By Shilo Rea / 412-268-6094 / shilo@cmu.edu
Contrary to recent headlines — and a talk by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference — eating a vegetarian diet could contribute to climate change.

In fact, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University, following the USDA recommendations to consume more fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood is more harmful to the environment because those foods have relatively high resource uses and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per calorie. Published inEnvironment Systems and Decisions, the study measured the changes in energy use, blue water footprint and GHG emissions associated with U.S. food consumption patterns.

http://www.climatedepot.com/2015/12/14/study-vegetarian-diets-contribute-to-climate-change-more-harmful-to-the-environment-three-times-worse-in-ghgs/


25 posted on 05/09/2017 4:54:03 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (100+ days without Hilliarly/Huma as POTUS! Thanks, President Trump for this great reality!)
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To: dp0622

Two posts in and we have a thread winner already!

That was a mike drop post!


26 posted on 05/09/2017 4:54:43 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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27 posted on 05/09/2017 4:54:44 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: aposiopetic

Yes, swamp gas, emitted by the asses in D.C.


28 posted on 05/09/2017 4:54:56 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Hojczyk

Said the man who ate more steaks than Diamond Jim Brady in just 8 years. How about lobster for your beautiful better half?


29 posted on 05/09/2017 4:54:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Hojczyk

Didn’t he serve some sort of expensive steak at a White House state dinner a few years back?


30 posted on 05/09/2017 4:54:59 PM PDT by lurk (TEat)
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To: Hojczyk

He’s a fan of tube steak.


31 posted on 05/09/2017 4:55:07 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: Hojczyk
The former president shared his views about the growing threat during a conversation about food with his former chef Sam Kass at a food innovation summit in Milan.

So he flew to Milan to tell us about saving the planet.

32 posted on 05/09/2017 4:55:16 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: LostInBayport

:)

I thought there would be a dozen posts about that.

Guess I’m the only FReeper who would make such a tasteless joke.

I can live with that :)


33 posted on 05/09/2017 4:59:16 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: MeganC

LOL


34 posted on 05/09/2017 4:59:29 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Hojczyk

Just STFU, Obunghole.


35 posted on 05/09/2017 4:59:41 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: dp0622

I actually got tired of steak a few weeks ago: we were eating two and sometimes three per week.


36 posted on 05/09/2017 5:00:22 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: Hojczyk

37 posted on 05/09/2017 5:01:17 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Theodore R.

Me too!! But about 2 months ago.

WHAT A country, where you can get tired of eating steak.

So of course DemWits want to get rid of it.


38 posted on 05/09/2017 5:01:26 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Theodore R.

Me too!! But about 2 months ago.

WHAT A country, where you can get tired of eating steak.

So of course DemWits want to get rid of it.


39 posted on 05/09/2017 5:01:28 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Hojczyk

He would know.


40 posted on 05/09/2017 5:01:52 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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