Eating Beef more harmful to Earth than driving a car

[Ripsnort]

So for all you Climate Warming cultists, better put your money where your mouth is. Give up eating beef!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/19/nbeef119.xml

[Hortlund]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
So for all you Climate Warming cultists, better put your money where your mouth is. Give up eating beef!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/19/nbeef119.xml

So what is worse...eating beef AND driving a car, or just eating beef?

What I dont get with you anti-environment types, is that you think this is a binary situation. You CAN do lots of small things, you dont HAVE to do everything at once.

Besides, legislation is the only way to go here, since there are so many lasz-type-guys out there. You wont laugh when we legislate against gasoline-type-cars.  

[VWE]

Isn't this rag a BBC news orginization? The only thing comparable we have is the national enquirer... can't you find anything Boeing to post about today?

[Hornet33]

Well lets see here. The report said processing 2.2lbs of beef is = to driving 155 miles.

I only drive 8 miles to work round trip a day and the grocery store is only 3 blocks away so I don't put out much green house gas by my driving. I'll continue to make up for it by eating steak then.

I wonder when someone is going to realize that every single human being on this planet releases CO2 every time they take a breath. Don't forget all the methan people release evey time they fart.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the problem with man made global warming is man. There are too many people on this rock, and people say war is bad.

[GtoRA2]

In honor of this report, I am going to have a nice rare steak for lunch and not use overdrive in the jeep.

Bigger Carbon foot print here I come!:D

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by VWE
Isn't this rag a BBC news orginization? The only thing comparable we have is the national enquirer... can't you find anything Boeing to post about today?

They're just reporting the findings of  Akifumi Ogino from the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Tsukuba, Japan. (Shrugs)

Would you prefer another source?

Here's a 1999 report, but it has SUV ranked #1 bad news for Mother Earth, and Cows #2.
http://boston.earthsave.org/awareness/DrivingVsMeat.htm

[Maverick]

If we gathered all the bunny huggers and dropped them into space, how much smaller would the carbon foot print be?

[Hortlund]

Well, if we gathered all the anti-environment types instead, we would not only be rid of them, but also their cars.

[Maverick]

Except for the "activists" who drive everywhere..........

[Hortlund]

Originally posted by Maverick
Except for the "activists" who drive everywhere..........

Yeah, all five of them. I think we can live with that.

[Fury]

Originally posted by Hornet33
.....I wonder when someone is going to realize that every single human being on this planet releases CO2 every time they take a breath. Don't forget all the methan people release evey time they fart.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the problem with man made global warming is man. There are too many people on this rock, and people say war is bad.

Interesting how the world population has skyrocketed since the 1800's, isn't this the same timeframe they're talking about we're doing to the planet?  Sounds like we should also be pushing for mandatory population limits to control global warming (or whatever the current buzzword is).

Year Population
1850 1.2 billion
1900 1.6 billion
1927 2 billion
1950 2.55 billion
1955 2.8 billion
1960 3 billion
1965 3.3 billion
1970 3.7 billion
1975 4 billion
1980 4.5 billion
1985 4.85 billion
1990 5.3 billion
1995 5.7 billion
1999 6 billion
2000 6.1 billion
2005 6.45 billion
2006 6.5 billion


On topic, there's only so much you can do to help the climate without going back to the stone ages.  Giving up beef is way over the top....that's where I draw my line.....good god am I going to have to live in a straw hut next?

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Fury
Sounds like we should also be pushing for mandatory population limits to control global warming (or whatever the current buzzword is).

 

We're doing our part....In Iraq!

[cpxxx]

Ok that's it. Next time I see a McDonalds truck. I'm going to burn it.....errrr no, dispose of it in a ecologically friendly manner.

But I'm being silly, just like the whole global warming farce.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by cpxxx
Ok that's it. Next time I see a McDonalds truck. I'm going to burn it.....errrr no, dispose of it in a ecologically friendly manner.

But I'm being silly, just like the whole global warming farce.

Please do!

[cpxxx]

Originally posted by VWE
Isn't this rag a BBC news orginization? The only thing comparable we have is the national enquirer... can't you find anything Boeing to post about today?

The Telegraph is nothing to do with the BBC nor is it anything like the National Enquirer. More like the Washington Post or something.