Meat is murder on the environment

[DeclinetoState]

18 July 2007
NewScientist.com news service
Daniele Fanelli

A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home.

This is among the conclusions of a study by Akifumi Ogino of the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Tsukuba, Japan, and colleagues, which has assessed the effects of beef production on global warming, water acidification and eutrophication, and energy consumption. The team looked at calf production, focusing on animal management and the effects of producing and transporting feed. By combining this information with data from their earlier studies on the impact of beef fattening systems, the researchers were able to calculate the total environmental load of a portion of beef.
More (http://environment.newscientist.com/article/mg19526134.500-meat-is-murder-on-the-environment.html)

[DoctorDoom]

Now I can more fully appreciate my burgers.

So why are there apparently so many asswarts with nothing useful to do?

[buzzthepug!]

boo hoo

My favorite pasttime: sitting in my parked car with the engine on while eating a big ol' burger.

Are all vegetarians passive aggressive?

[Wolfcounsel]

"Are all vegetarians passive aggressive?" --buzzthepug!

I can say that all carnivorous-only and herbivorous-only humans are anal-retentives.

[garlicguy]

Brisket: It's not just for breakfast anymore.

[sunsettommy]

boo hoo

My favorite pasttime: sitting in my parked car with the engine on while eating a big ol' burger.

Are all vegetarians passive aggressive?

Vegetarianism is indian name for bad hunter.

[buzzthepug!]

:rotflmbo: :biggrin:

[DesertFox]

A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home.Also, tastes great and less filling!

[Timberwolf]

Monty Python's take on vegetarianism (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ6N5m8FpVg)...:D

[Suzie]

Genesis 9:3

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

[DeclinetoState]

If we stop eating beef, what will we do with all the cows, bulls, steers and calves that are alive in the world right now? And what will the environmental impact of doing that be?

[kenyon330]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g54/kenyon330/o1098.jpg

;)

[Beowulf]

THAT'S IT!!! I'm marinading the big steak in teriyaki souce that I bought a couple of days ago and grilling it over the weekend. If some eviroweenie tries to stop me, I'll grill their face!

[Timberwolf]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g54/kenyon330/o1098.jpg

Only if yer a cannibal...get a life.:rolleyes:

[Suzie]

So does this mean Al Gore isn't eating beef? I know he's eating SOMETHING.

[PaulRevere]

A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home.
Questions:
1. Does 3 hours in a regular car = a hybrid going 100 MPH with drugs in the car?
2. All the lights of a regular house = how many rooms in Al Gore's mansion?

[PaulRevere]

So does this mean Al Gore isn't eating beef? I know he's eating SOMETHING.
Yes, he eats lots of beef, but he buys carbon offsets from starving Africans in Darfur, so it's okay.

[DoctorDoom]

So does this mean Al Gore isn't eating beef? I know he's eating SOMETHING.He eats Mikey Mooron's leftover Big Macs.

[DeclinetoState]

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Yes, he eats lots of beef, but he buys carbon offsets from starving Africans in Darfur, so it's okay.
Maybe Algore's eating the starving Africans. :(

[DoctorDoom]

... how many rooms in Al Gore's mansion?20 rooms, 8 bathrooms. (http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2007/02/gores_carbon_fo.html)

The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh--more than 20 times the national average.

Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh--guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore's average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.

Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore's energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.

Gore's extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore's mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.

"I used to be the next president of the United States, so do as I say, not as I do."

[DeclinetoState]

Questions:
2. All the lights of a regular house = how many rooms in Al Gore's mansion?

I dunno, but I bet this ain't one of them:

http://compostingtoilet.org/images/2007/composting-outhouse-781814.jpg

"Green" outhouse