Saturday, August 27, 2011

Al Gore: Eat less meat to fight global warming

From an article in The Politico
Al Gore wants society to ditch meat-heavy diets and go organic to combat global warming.
"Industrial agriculture is a part of the problem,” Gore said Friday during an interview with FearLess Revolution founder Alex Bogusky. “The shift toward a more meat-intensive diet,” the clearing of forest areas in many parts of the world in order to raise more cattle and the reliance on synthetic nitrogen for fertilizer are also problems, he added.
If AlGore is so concerned about "Global Warming" he can do two things today that would have a huge impact:
  1. Stop writing and giving interviews to newspapers and magazines.  That would leave more trees available to cleanse carbon dioxide from the atomosphere and turn it into useful oxygen. It would also decrease electricity consumption needed to print his drivel, thus less coal would have to be burned to generate that electricity.  Not to mention all the gasoline and diesel fuel needed to fuel the vehicles that deliver these publications to their readers - lots of CO2 in those exhaust emissions.
  2. Shut his fat gob.  That would decrease greenhouse gas totals in the atmosphere by at least 25%
Meanwhile, I'm going to have a steak for dinner this week in Al's honor.

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