The real cause of Global Warming: Raising animals for meat (now with a twist)

[audtatious]

PETA done set the record straight

http://www.peta2.com/meatsnotgreen/videos.asp

[smockers83]

I think I laughed all through that video. Any money out there that the narrator isn't a vegetarian?

[Sentientbydesign]

When is PETA going to hire better marketing people?

I think a lot of people don't take them seriously because their marketing is a joke.

[dusred]

PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals

[audtatious]

UN says eat less meat to curb global warming

· Climate expert urges radical shift in diet· Industry unfairly targeted - farmers

People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, the world's leading authority on global warming has told The Observer

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which last year earned a joint share of the Nobel Peace Prize, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further.

His comments are the most controversial advice yet provided by the panel on how individuals can help tackle global warning.

Pachauri, who was re-elected the panel's chairman for a second six-year term last week, said diet change was important because of the huge greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental problems - including habitat destruction - associated with rearing cattle and other animals. It was relatively easy to change eating habits compared to changing means of transport, he said.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are generated during the production of animal feeds, for example, while ruminants, particularly cows, emit methane, which is 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than carbon dioxide. The agency has also warned that meat consumption is set to double by the middle of the century.

'In terms of immediacy of action and the feasibility of bringing about reductions in a short period of time, it clearly is the most attractive opportunity,' said Pachauri. 'Give up meat for one day [a week] initially, and decrease it from there,' said the Indian economist, who is a vegetarian.

However, he also stressed other changes in lifestyle would help to combat climate change. 'That's what I want to emphasise: we really have to bring about reductions in every sector of the economy.'

Pachauri can expect some vociferous responses from the food industry to his advice, though last night he was given unexpected support by Masterchef presenter and restaurateur John Torode, who is about to publish a new book, John Torode's Beef. 'I have a little bit and enjoy it,' said Torode. 'Too much for any person becomes gluttony. But there's a bigger issue here: where [the meat] comes from. If we all bought British and stopped buying imported food we'd save a huge amount of carbon emissions.'

Tomorrow, Pachauri will speak at an event hosted by animal welfare group Compassion in World Farming, which has calculated that if the average UK household halved meat consumption that would cut emissions more than if car use was cut in half.

The group has called for governments to lead campaigns to reduce meat consumption by 60 per cent by 2020. Campaigners have also pointed out the health benefits of eating less meat. The average person in the UK eats 50g of protein from meat a day, equivalent to a chicken breast and a lamb chop - a relatively low level for rich nations but 25-50 per cent more than World Heath Organisation guidelines.

Professor Robert Watson, the chief scientific adviser for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, who will also speak at tomorrow's event in London, said government could help educate people about the benefits of eating less meat, but it should not 'regulate'. 'Eating less meat would help, there's no question about that, but there are other things,' Watson said.

However, Chris Lamb, head of marketing for pig industry group BPEX, said the meat industry had been unfairly targeted and was working hard to find out which activities had the biggest environmental impact and reduce those. Some ideas were contradictory, he said - for example, one solution to emissions from livestock was to keep them indoors, but this would damage animal welfare. 'Climate change is a very young science and our view is there are a lot of simplistic solutions being proposed,' he said.

Last year a major report into the environmental impact of meat eating by the Food Climate Research Network at Surrey University claimed livestock generated 8 per cent of UK emissions - but eating some meat was good for the planet because some habitats benefited from grazing. It also said vegetarian diets that included lots of milk, butter and cheese would probably not noticeably reduce emissions because dairy cows are a major source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas released through flatulence.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/envi...drink

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Uhhh, for real?

[srellim234]

Don't they know that global warming is caused by the overheating of the shell on that turtle holding the earth on its back?

[audtatious]

They need to chop down all those northern trees that get snow covered and cause issues as well.

[srellim234]

Maybe the people at PETA can EAT 'em!

[audtatious]

WOW, they are on a ROLL!!!!

http://www.wnbc.com/news/17539627/detail.html

"PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk"

[96Qowner]

"PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk"

Ewwww!

I've always wondered what effect all those buffalo had on global earth temperatures, before we killed 'em all.

There are no accurate figures for the number of buffalo then but anthropologists have put the figure between 30 and 60 million animals.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/buffalo.htm

Cattle inventory, January 1, 2008

* U.S.—96.7 million head * Canada—13.9 million head

http://www.ers.usda.gov/news/BSECoverage.htm

[HashiriyaS14]

Yeah, I've heard this argument before. My sister's granola-crunching boyfriend is a vegetarian for this precise reason, which I never fail to haze him about.

I'm no vegetarian, but I don't find myself eating all that much red meat. I love a good steak, but I'll take a big chunk of raw salmon or hamachi any day of the week, thanks.

[srellim234]

Ben & Jerry's would have to change their packaging, too. Maybe we could be treated to a picture of a nipple as we walk down the frozen foods aisle.

Along with "Chunky Monkey" and "Cherry Garcia" we could pick up a quart of "Areolas 'N Cream'.

[audtatious]

OOOOf

[Cold_Zero]

As Carlos Mencia said,

Cows produce methane gas, which kills the ozone layer. I eat beef. Im eating the problem, you vegetarians eat the solution. Uh Oh!

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Irony: their "ship" picture is nuclear powered.

[Cold_Zero]

How can you tell from that angle? Looks kind of like the JFK.

Meet may not be green, but it sure is good!bud

[Urabus GodofTraction]

How can you tell from that angle? Looks kind of like the JFK.

Meet may not be green, but it sure is good!bud

It's one of the Nimitzes (Nimitzi?) The tower lacks the stacks, and I'm pretty sure the JFK always had a 67 on the bow. I want to say it's the Carl Vinson

[HashiriyaS14]

Cows produce methane gas, which kills the ozone layer. I eat beef. Im eating the problem, you vegetarians eat the solution. Uh Oh!

I would admit that is really funny, if it wasn't for the high probability that Mencia stole it from some other comic.

[Cold_Zero]

It's one of the Nimitzes (Nimitzi?) The tower lacks the stacks, and I'm pretty sure the JFK always had a 67 on the bow. I want to say it's the Carl Vinson

I know its not the Enterprise, that is for sure. To be honest from that angle its pretty hard to tell.

[marlin29311]

Yeah, I've heard this argument before. My sister's granola-crunching boyfriend is a vegetarian for this precise reason, which I never fail to haze him about.

I'm no vegetarian, but I don't find myself eating all that much red meat. I love a good steak, but I'll take a big chunk of raw salmon or hamachi any day of the week, thanks.

Don't eat fish, they poop in the sea.

[Watermelonwarrior]

I would admit that is really funny, if it wasn't for the high probability that Mencia stole it from some other comic.