OT: Now I've heard it all - FAT PEOPLE CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING!

sjbob
on 5/27/08 12:56 am - Willingboro, NJ
I don't know about how "fat" people affect global warming, but I do know that we use an inordinate amount of grain raising cattle.  And, that's not going to prompt me to becoming a vegetarian.  My brother is thinking of going over to that darkside since his daughter and latest girlfriend are both vegetarians.  That would be ironic since his research at Rutgers is with preserving meat.
an_old_fisherman
on 5/27/08 1:08 am - Grandview, MO

Does anyone have a link to the Fox News Story? I would really like to read it. 

Thanks

Bud 

Work is for those who don't know how to fish.

 

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759 

(deactivated member)
on 5/27/08 2:07 am, edited 5/27/08 2:19 am

 

The Food and Agriculture Organization at the UN has a facinating article on this topic.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5305e/x5305e02.htm#the%20environm ental%20challenges

I find them a more reliable resource than Fox News. The lady that they are interviewing seems like a nut.  You have to expect that in Fox News, they have to put left wing nuts out there so that their right wing message sounds sane.

Sorry, I should put my reference site as well.  This is an easier read.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/22/peta/

Boxman
on 5/27/08 2:26 pm - Kokomo, IN
Hey, Bear.  Left-wing nuts, right-wing nuts.  Thank God for moderates, or the country would self-implode... 

"Let's get small."  - Steve Martin


an_old_fisherman
on 5/27/08 2:55 am - Grandview, MO
Thanks for the link that is hilarious. I guess everyone should quit dairy products too. Gotta get rid of those pesky cows. LOL

Work is for those who don't know how to fish.

 

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759 

Boxman
on 5/27/08 3:21 am, edited 5/27/08 3:22 am - Kokomo, IN
Actually, I think I HAVE contributed to global warming.  I think I've passed more gas in the 9 months since my surgery,  than in my entire 50 years prior to that!

"Let's get small."  - Steve Martin


Syn
on 5/27/08 5:57 am - Everett, WA
Those of you of the opinion that Global Warming is still up for debate should check out these two very short videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaZFfQKWX54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhmpsUMdTH8

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The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly."                         
-John F. Kennedy
Boxman
on 5/27/08 2:35 pm - Kokomo, IN
Yo, Syn.  It seems those two clips simply demonstrate that both liberals AND conservatives share a concern for the environment.  However, the debate about global warming still seems to be alive and well.  And it SHOULD be.  

"Let's get small."  - Steve Martin


Syn
on 5/27/08 10:26 pm - Everett, WA
On May 27, 2008 at 9:35 PM Pacific Time, Boxman wrote:
Yo, Syn.  It seems those two clips simply demonstrate that both liberals AND conservatives share a concern for the environment.  However, the debate about global warming still seems to be alive and well.  And it SHOULD be.  
You're exactly right. I was being a smartass.

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The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly."                         
-John F. Kennedy
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