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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Thanks Barry, had no idea what to have for dinner tonight..now I know..STEAK
Vegetarians are more docile and easy to control.
So does flying to Tahiti.
Not to mention chopping down all those trees to print his book.
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.
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.
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Yes, swamp gas, emitted by the asses in D.C.
Said the man who ate more steaks than Diamond Jim Brady in just 8 years. How about lobster for your beautiful better half?
Didn’t he serve some sort of expensive steak at a White House state dinner a few years back?
He’s a fan of tube steak.
So he flew to Milan to tell us about saving the planet.
:)
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 :)
LOL
Just STFU, Obunghole.
I actually got tired of steak a few weeks ago: we were eating two and sometimes three per week.
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.
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.
He would know.
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