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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:01 PM Original message |
Hamburgers are the Hummers of Food in Global Warming: Scientists |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. having one meatless day a wk. would be a start |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 05:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. The "start" is about all I've managed ... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Uh-oh. A shot has been fired across the bow of the USS Carnivore!! |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. for realz |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I know- people just don't want to hear fact one about how bad meat eating is for us and the planet |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Funny, isn't it? People will boycott Walmart, vandalize Hummers, bash the pharmcos |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. k&r |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I saw that thread |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. For a progressive board, the general attitude toward vegetarianism is not at all progressive. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. To be fair, it's better here than in the general population. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Vegetarian Meals Prepared by the Folks Who Cooked My School Lunches — A SCARY Thought! |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I fully support a ban |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. I missed that thread |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Diet for a small Planet" had this pegged 36 years ago --> |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. Changing a cows diet can stop methane production |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Plants are still a better source of protein than meat. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. good ideas however doing that AND cutting back on |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. True |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. I believe anyone with that many DU Hearts!!!!! |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Is pizza OK? *crosses fingers* |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. garden pizza! |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. Anything THAT delicious has got to be bad. |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. You would think that the immorality of murdering innocent animals would be enough... |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. What of Buffalo Burgers? |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. isn't it bizarre how much effort went into replacing native bison with cows? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. I've heard it said that hamburger is fat disguised as meat. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is bullshit. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You'd have to include the Beef Council up there with Exxon-Mobile. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. yes, humans doing stupid things like eating meat and feeding cows the wrong diet |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. How so? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm not giving up my measly 3 or 4 burgers a year. |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That's not many burgers. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. no need to! |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. So Feed the Cows Grass |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Not a solution. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. We don't eat much rainforest beef in this country. |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. They still drink water & fart methane gas. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. They'd Fart Less on Grass |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. Stop confining the rest of life into the narrow requirements of a single species |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. the poor don't deserve to eat meat |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
40. .. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
42. Emissions of 1 acre grassland with and without a cow? |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
43. Yep. And yet we still eat'em by the billions, anyway. And so do I. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Of late, I save the drippings of slab o' meat |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. "Simply switching from steak to salad...." |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. I haven't eaten a hamburger in over 20 years. |
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