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People will need to consider turning vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change

Discussion in 'Free Speech Alley' started by saltyone, Oct 26, 2009.

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saltyone So Mote It Be

....according to a leading authority on global warming.

In an interview with The Times, Lord Stern of Brentford said: “Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world’s resources. A vegetarian diet is better.”

Direct emissions of methane from cows and pigs is a significant source of greenhouse gases. Methane is 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a global warming gas.

Lord Stern, the author of the influential 2006 Stern Review on the cost of tackling global warming, said that a successful deal at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December would lead to soaring costs for meat and other foods that generate large quantities of greenhouse gases.

He predicted that people’s attitudes would evolve until meat eating became unacceptable. “I think it’s important that people think about what they are doing and that includes what they are eating,” he said. “I am 61 now and attitudes towards drinking and driving have changed radically since I was a student. People change their notion of what is responsible. They will increasingly ask about the carbon content of their food.”

Lord Stern, a former chief economist of the World Bank and now I. G. Patel Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, warned that British taxpayers would need to contribute about £3 billion a year by 2015 to help poor countries to cope with the inevitable impact of climate change.

He also issued a clear message to President Obama that he must attend the meeting in Copenhagen in person in order for an effective deal to be reached. US leadership, he said, was “desperately needed” to secure a deal.

He said that he was deeply concerned that popular opinion had so far failed to grasp the scale of the changes needed to address climate change, or of the importance of the UN meeting in Copenhagen from December 7 to December 18. “I am not sure that people fully understand what we are talking about or the kind of changes that will be necessary,” he added.

Up to 20,000 delegates from 192 countries are due to attend the UN conference in the Danish capital. Its aim is to forge a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently to prevent an increase in global temperatures of more than 2 degrees centigrade. Any increase above this level is expected to trigger runaway climate change, threatening the lives of hundreds of millions of people.

Lord Stern said that Copenhagen presented a unique opportunity for the world to break free from its catastrophic current trajectory. He said that the world needed to agree to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to 25 gigatonnes a year from the current level of 50 gigatonnes.
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But all of us nonbelievers in global warming are the nuts...:hihi:

By the way, I just had my second big, juicy, cheeseburger of the day. Screw you Stern!

Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet - Times Online

saltyone, Oct 26, 2009

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red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

Nicholas Stern is NOT a "leading expert on global warming". He is a leading economist. He wrote a treatise on the economics of global warming that was published by his own research unit in the London School of Economics where he teaches economics. He is neither a climatologist, nor is he published in any of the climatological journals.

red55, Oct 26, 2009

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SabanFan The voice of reason

red55 said: ↑

Nicholas Stern is NOT a "leading expert on global warming". He is a leading economist. He wrote a treatise on the economics of global warming that was published by his own research unit in the London School of Economics where he teaches economics. He is neither a climatologist, nor is he published in any of the climatological journals.
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Red you are one of the all time suckers on this topic.

Climatologists overall are a clique who huddle together and perpetuate the human caused global warming myth in order to maintain a modicum of relevance.

If a fellow climatologist bucks the trend he gets his teeth kicked in.

Online NewsHour: Report | Climatologist Finds Resistance | June 21, 2007 | PBS

SabanFan, Oct 26, 2009

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martin Banned Forever

"[oregon governor]Kulongoski believes warming will bring huge economic costs to eastern Oregon farms, flooding from greater springtime rains, parched fields from summertime droughts"

he definitely doesnt believe that. what he believes is that portland is stacked with uppity white liberals and he wants their votes.

martin, Oct 26, 2009

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Bengal B Founding Member

People should stop eating beans. Fart gases are the leading cause of global warming

Bengal B, Oct 26, 2009

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OkieTigerTK Tornado Alley

does this mean its not polite to celebrate earth day with a big juicy steak?:hihi:

OkieTigerTK, Oct 26, 2009

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USMTiger Founding Member

OkieTiger_KATT said: ↑

does this mean its not polite to celebrate earth day with a big juicy steak?:hihi:
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Looks like I'll have to go back to celebrating Lent this way.

USMTiger, Oct 27, 2009

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red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

SabanFan said: ↑

Red you are one of the all time suckers on this topic.

Climatologists overall are a clique who huddle together and perpetuate the human caused global warming myth in order to maintain a modicum of relevance.
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What you don't know about climatology would sink the Titanic, SF.

red55, Oct 27, 2009

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red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

red55 said: ↑

What you don't know about climatology would sink the Titanic, SF.
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George Taylor, the fake "state climatologist", is gone.

red55, Oct 27, 2009

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martin Banned Forever

red55 said: ↑

What you don't know about climatology would sink the Titanic, SF.
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nobody knows much about what is to become of the climate. the wise are the ones who admit this.

i just finished reading superfreakonomics, that mofo was pretty right wing about climate change. it agreed with me that climate science is largely a crapshoot and mostly a political tool for guilty humans.

i think now more than ever people are skeptical.

martin, Oct 27, 2009

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