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2007-02-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Humans' beef with livestock: a warmer planet: Al Gore to give up steaks?
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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-02-20 13:39|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Al Gore should give up breathing as well. Lots of CO2 emissions there!
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2007-02-20 14:51||   2007-02-20 14:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Did they include organic farming?
Posted by anonymous2u 2007-02-20 14:59||   2007-02-20 14:59|| Front Page Top

#3 My big BIG problem with the global climate change warming crisis is that Al Gore is considered the expert on the subject.
Posted by tu3031 2007-02-20 15:04||   2007-02-20 15:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't let the Vegetarian's off the hook so easily.

Have you forgotten about the many bean eaters and the Berkley Commune methane disaster of '69?
Posted by danking_70 2007-02-20 15:05||   2007-02-20 15:05|| Front Page Top

#5 thanks, imana gonna haver a Thick Juicy Steak today!! blood rare, just warm in the middle!
Posted by RD 2007-02-20 15:28||   2007-02-20 15:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Had me one just last night (and the remains this morning). Slathered in sauteed mushrooms with au gratin potatoes on the side.

No salad either.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg  2007-02-20 16:42|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com]  2007-02-20 16:42|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-20 17:14||   2007-02-20 17:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Since plants take in carbon dioxide Vegeterians are eating up the carbon sinks. I'm going to do my best to preserve carbon sinks, especially Spinach.
Posted by rjschwarz 2007-02-20 17:22||   2007-02-20 17:22|| Front Page Top

#9 If God didn't want us to eat animals, he shouldn't have made them out of meat.
Posted by Bunyip 2007-02-20 17:31||   2007-02-20 17:31|| Front Page Top

#10 So, how does this explain the melting of the vast ice sheets covering Europe and North America 20,000 years ago?
Posted by Procopius2k 2007-02-20 17:49||   2007-02-20 17:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Procopius2k, before we invented cows, the world was full of massive herds of wooly mammoths, buffalos, yaks, elk, giant reindeer, mooses and the like, all with digestive systems roughly the same as cows. I would be willing to bet that their combined flatulence was at least the equal of our current bovine population.
Posted by Bunyip 2007-02-20 18:16||   2007-02-20 18:16|| Front Page Top

#12 Methane levels are'nt rising.
Posted by phil_b 2007-02-20 18:25||   2007-02-20 18:25|| Front Page Top

#13 Did ya ever light a fart? That's methane. The biggest source of Volitile Organic Chemicals (VOG's)in the workplace is Human Bioefluent Emissions (HBE's) otherwise known as burps and farts. What are the major causes of burps and farts? Vegetables. Especially, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, raddishes, onions, peas, and beans. Maybe we should just stop eating and die off.
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2007-02-20 19:00||   2007-02-20 19:00|| Front Page Top

#14 DB's got a point. Note how none of the major methane contributors are carnivores.

Therefore, to do my part to reduce my personal methane emissions, and to reduce those of livestock, I'm gonna have me some bacon. Mmmmmm.
Posted by Swamp Blondie 2007-02-20 19:36|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[ http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2007-02-20 19:36|| Front Page Top

#15 Phil, that New scientist article calls methane the number 2 greenhouse gas. My understanding is that water vapor is no. 1, CO2 is no. 2 and methane no. 3. But for some unknown reason, its hard to get the facts on that. Or on the relative significance of each. Or of any other significant greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. That's assuming that these things are known, of course. Do you- or anyone- have any relevant data on these lines? Would appreciate that.
Posted by Grunter 2007-02-20 21:55||   2007-02-20 21:55|| Front Page Top

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