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Earth Day is a week away, so brace yourself for cuddly, hug-the-planet blubbering from the presidential candidates. John McCain will tell you we must be the “caretakers of creation.” Hillary Clinton will talk of recycling and efficient light bulbs. Barack Obama will surely tell us we “cannot afford more of the same timid politics when the future of our planet is at stake.” |
Ah, but what about hamburgers? When the candidates tell us to stay out of McDonald’s, then we will know their light bulbs are on. The end of timid politics is when they say that with the planet at stake, you must eat less steak.
With fatal food riots in poor nations, and with China rapidly approaching Western levels of consumption, we in these obese United States must redefine what constitutes, to borrow from McDonald’s, a “happy meal.” Scientists are concluding that along with more fuel-efficient cars and curbing industrial pollution, the simple act of eating less meat could help slow global warming.
Interesting, provocative – and doomed in the homeland of fast food.
#19 – You obviously don’t believe what you wrote. Otherwise, you would/should have already off’ed yourself.
#20 – I feel like you might have missed the point.
Sounds like PETA anti-meat bullshit to me. And the reason much of 3rd world is starving is not because the US and China eat so much, but because their dictator/warlord leaders don’t give a shit about their people.
#23 – One way to pick apart these insane arguments is thus:
If North America never existed (hence no US consuming Big Macs) then those poor starving countries wouldn’t be starving, right? Waiting…
Thanks, but I’ll enjoy a burger now and then.
Slightly off topic… not entirely… Here’s an interesting invention for power generation. Could easily power your home at probably a fraction of the cost of a wind turbine.
#25 – Could easily power your home at probably a fraction of the cost of a wind turbine.
If you got a stream nearby…
or perhaps connect a smaller version of it to your neighbor’s water hose… 
#25==or#26==Jag==are you starting to argue with yourself?
Anyway, yes–interesting clip. Just another example of “micro hydro electrical plants.” It shouldn’t be too hard to find a chart to find out how much volume of water falling how many feet you need to produce 100 watts?
There is an interesting show on tv about 5-6 years ago about a guy that rebuilt a micro power plant at the top of a waterfall somewhere in Colorado. The output powers a very small town. Good stuff. Fantastic House. Challenging car ride down the face of the waterfall to get to town.
#27 – bobbo
You know… when you have nothing better to do, argue with yourself on the Internet…
I’m sure how efficient this turbine, but it sure seems simple to mass produce, so the price will – hopefully – be low.
I would like to have seen that TV show. I like this type of small scale power production. Anything that makes you less dependent on the power companies…
Well Jag–no tv show but here is an “ok” video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ool1HfYWClM
(Its weak on the tech but STRONG on location==man, I’d like to visit this guy.
And here is a power calculation chart:
http://www.zephyrecoproject.com/2007/09/hydro-electric.html
I love the googletube.
More proof that the global warming bandwagon is all about implementing an agenda. For some reason, nuclear power is never the answer.
I dont see what all the fuss is about
Take biofuels for example – taking corn & making fuel out of it. this raises the price of corn, which causes starvation in mexicans. its a win-win situation.
Fast food is another great example of this. Huge mega-corporations contract companies who supply them with basic essentials (like hamburger buns for example). The ingredients for those hamburger buns are primarily wheat and lots of preservatives. The wheat comes from huge mega-farms, primarily in 3rd world countries – where the populace starves because all the grain is exported to make hamburger buns. Yet another win-win situation.
I find it extremely funny that the majority of the “save the planet” nutjobs are people who grew up in large cities & the only REAL forests that they’ve ever seen was on TV. They have no conception of what nature is or how it works, and so, they feel the need to burden the rest of us with their lack of knowledge.
aka:
Save the Trees, Logging is Evil
or
Animals have feelings
Its a bunch of shit. Complete & utter shit. I grew up in a mountainous valley in the middle of pristine woodlands & I have seen the aftermath of clear-cut logging, massive forest fires that incinerate hundreds of thousands of acres, avalanches that destroy thousands of trees and ruin habitats for years….
and you know what?
NATURE FUCKING RECOVERS. AS IF IT HAD NEVER FUCKING HAPPENED.
So you want to save the planet? have fun with that you retards, but the planet doesnt need you or anyone. Its not broken, it cant break.
#29 – bobbo
Thanks for the links. The video was very interesting. Pretty neat if your property has steep terrain.
that’s a one pretty bigmac on the picture… mmmmm…