Okay, now I’ve had it. I have done my duty and bought a Prius. I am even willing to turn my thermostat up a jot or two in a sweltering LA September just on the wild off chance that Al Gore (of all scientifically-challenged people – I’d like to see his physics grades) is correct on anthropogenic global warming. After all, just because Al says something is true, doesn’t completely mean it isn’t. But when some over-paid bureaucrat at the UN wants me to lay off my steak for environmental reasons – basta. In this world where you can’t smoke, have to curtail your drinking and… forget about psychedelics… some things are sacred! [What's the name of the guy who's doing this?-ed. Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I think I saw him at Peter Luger's last week. No, that was The Palm.]
What ever happened to respect? The people you are writing about, dogging out and attacking you would never say these things to their faces. I’m tired of the hatred. At what point in life do people realize that life is not about petty controversy and materialism both true happiness. A wicked or one sided agenda or prejudice agenda does not equal conversative values. Its so many people walking around with their nose in the air. Common back down to planet earth. The thought that I am better than anyone else is insane. People are people. God is not a respector of persons. He loves us all the same. I am so glad that God is our judge and not you nor people that have the mindset that they are ready to throw an individual under a bus if need be to advance their personal, political agendas, etc. I can’t tell you what to do because you are much much older than me and you won’t change.
People can eat, drink, and drive whatever makes them feel better (wait a minute – don’t drink *and* drive, kids), but altering the nutritional needs of the world’s population in order to advance thoroughly unproven junk science is plain stupid. The human brain developed to its current state through the cooking of meat, making mastication and digestion easier, thereby expending less energy in the jaw and gut.
To quote Red Forman on salad: “This isn’t food, this is what food *eats*!”
Or, from a famous former denizen of L.A., (posthumously) in song: “You Need Meat (Don’t Go No Further)”
Shawna, I would love to have an honest, even respectful conversation about “climate change” with Al Gore. He can send a private jet to Detroit anytime he likes and we can “chew the fat” over dinner at a good steakhouse in Chicago or New York.
Read about his power-sucking home headquarters in Tennessee and then read about the Bush Ranch in Crawford and its use of waste water for irrigation, and report back to us.
When I read that article, I went to freezer and removed two rib steaks for dinner. I take direction poorly from pompous authorities.
Roger, glad you are taking steps to lower your monetary expenses. We have lived with cool houses in the winter and warm homes in the summer forever. We call saving money not saving the planet.
The people you are writing about, dogging out and attacking you would never say these things to their faces.
Huh?
Anyway, if I’m getting this right at all, I’d bet Roger would say it to their faces. Especially on PJTV. Get a grip. If he wants to be the moderator, I’ll do it. But then, Roger’s not the one suggesting that “global warming deniers” be brought up for “war crimes trials”.
Roger, I note that Rajendra Pachauri is a thoroughly Hindu name. There may be no connection, but I’ve noticed several Hindu groups actively trying to eliminate beef-eating and promote vegetarianism. It would be interesting to know his position on cattle for dairy products.
But when some over-paid bureaucrat at the UN wants me to lay off my steak for environmental reasons – basta.
And when some lefties have given up Christianity, and done their utmost to banish it from public practice in the US, consider the religious prohibitions they wish to impose on the rest of us ‘others’.
We are not to exercise free choice over the use of our own property. Nor whether to smoke, or how to eat (they’ll screech ‘obesity’), or whether to wear seat belts, or whether to drive an SUV, or whether males shall be admitted into the Muslim-ladies-only-day at the swimming pools of public universities. The only additional liberties which have been created recently are those of making love to, or marrying, or killing the babies of, whatever sex you want. Besides those micro-liberties, the concept of ‘freedom of choice’ is anathema for largely left-religious reasons, and we see daily the rapid shrinkage of our former American freedoms.
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, eh… I don’t really like trafficking in stereotypes, but is it at least possible that Dr. Pachauri is of the Hindu persuasion? If so, perhaps it would be appropriate to ask him about the effects of reducing the bovine population of India on the climate..
Well, look, I love meat and eat a fair amount of it. But it is true that meat oconsumption in the developed world strains the environment in global food production in a lot of ways. Since I’ve been learning about that, I’ve been trying to eat less meat. Not no meat, but less meat. And if everyone in America ate, say 20% less meat than they do now, these strains would be eased more than a bit. And people would be healthier. And still enjoying a lot of meat.
The point being, it’s not a zero-sum game. You can have your meat and eat it too, so to speak. And I do think it’s worth learning about meat production and its impact on global hunger and environment issues, even though there is so much self-righteousness floating around the environmentalist lobby.
OK…So why doesn’t this fellow put his $$ where his mouth is??
From the article -
However, he also stressed other changes in lifestyle would help to combat climate change. ‘That’s what I want to emphasise: we really have to bring about reductions in every sector of the economy.’
So why doesn’t he move back to India and insist that India live like it was 1960???
Yeah,like THAT would work out so well…
Reports like that make me want to go to my local Sonic Drive-In and leave the engine running, AC cranked, as I leisurely eat a chicken-fried steak sandwich. Make that two.
Scott
Once we’re forced to give up steak, you know, other things can’t be far behind… turnip greeens with hog jowl and southern fried chicken….but we’ll know the end is near when, you know, the UN has a special symposium on giving up pecan pie….
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri is a Hindu who has condemned meat-eating as unhealthy in other venues. He is also a big proponent of exempting all the “suffering, developing world – particularly India – from joining Kyoto. While of course lecturing advanced nations that it is their moral duty and – surprise! – they need to stop killing the Earth with their bad, bad, CO2 spewing meat consumption!
As another commentor alluded to, the more steaks, the less global climate changing cow farts there are.
“I have done my duty and bought a Prius.” ^^ lol, this reminds me such much of the south park episode I saw yesterday. I wouldn’t say that to buy a Prius is a duty! The only thing is to keep in mind to live more resbonsibly. You are right on gore, but he exaggerates totally, so people just do not believe him.