Al Gore Gets Nobel Prize For Misinforming People
It’s not our style to get preachy about what people eat, but the inconvenient truth about Al Gore’s green campaign is that factory farming is more responsible for global warming than SUVs. It’s a fact he’s afraid to discuss. From the NY Times
In late November, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization issued a report stating that the livestock business generates more greenhouse gas emissions than all forms of transportation combined…
“We know that vegetarian organizations have sometimes made exaggerated health and environmental claims, but that U.N. report is an impartial, unimpeachable source of statements we can quote,” said Matt Ball, executive director of Vegan Outreach.
Like Mr. Prescott, Mr. Ball is incensed that high-profile people like Al Gore — or environmental groups with deeper pockets than his — have not stepped up to the plate.
“Al Gore calls global warming an existential risk to humanity, yet it hasn’t prompted him to change his diet or even mention vegetarianism,” he complained. “And I guess the environmentalists recognize that it’s a lot easier to ask people to put in a fluorescent light bulb than to learn to cook with tofu.”…
Mr. Gore declined to make himself available for comment.
And here’s the report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
I don’t think pollution levels produced by transportation are nearly as high as those produced by industry. Isn’t that the bigger problem?
Pushing people to change their lifestyle is such a sanctimonious effort.
I don’t care if you think it is better for the earth, babies, or public health. Leave my beef, abortions, and cigarettes out of it.
If anyone is actually interested in the differences at hand I recommend the article, “The Oil We Eat,” by Richard Manning, published in Harper’s Magazine in ’04. It is informative and eye opening, and I will tell you he doesn’t think vegetarianism is any better off then eating meat. It isn’t about what you eat- its about where it came from.
Fucking vegans. Have a cheeseburger and a smile.