Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 04/23/2008 6:35:41 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly
LOS ANGELES — Look out, Al Gore ... People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says you are refusing to face one very "inconvenient truth."
On Monday, the animal rights organization launched the campaign offsetalgore.com (conveniently timed for Earth Day) in an attempt to counter the effects that they say the former vice president's meat-laden diet has on Mother Nature.
While reps for Gore had no comment, Pop Tarts confirmed with people who have worked with the ex-veep that he loves his steak and sausage, plus he was notorious for chowing down on the almost all-meat Atkins diet during his run for president.
A recent report published by the United Nations determined that raising animals for food generates about 40 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, ships and planes in the world combined.
"Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems," said Henning Steinfeld, chief of the Food and Agriculture Organization's Livestock Information and Policy branch and senior author of the report. "Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.”
So while Gore is known worldwide for his environmental activism and efforts to build awareness about global warming, is our steak-lovin' "Earth Day" man a hypocrite? PETA certainly seems to think so.
The campaign encourages people to go vegetarian for 30 days and claims that that is enough time to prevent the release of more than 270 pounds of carbon dioxide into the Earth's atmosphere. Studies suggest that this will prevent more pollution than if a person left his or her car at home every weekday for 30 days.
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Al Gore and his like-minded pals are all about “Do as I say, not as I do”
“claims that that is enough time to prevent the release of more than 270 pounds of carbon dioxide”
But, adding all that fiber would cause an equivalent ^increase^ in Methane emissions.
PETA is a PITA!
“Look out, Al Gore” indeed. You’ll be Clintonized by the now-fawning left when they’re tired of you.
And they will tire of you when enough people die of hunger while we put food in our tanks.
Could someone explain to me who or what, besides a breakfast pastry, is a “Pop Tart”.
I love it when the Left eats its own.
Wouldn’t that be cannibalism on PETA’s part?
Fewer animals, less water vapor and methane produced. Besides, why should anyone listen to a bunch of people who enslave the plant kingdom and frequently eat their food while it's STILL ALIVE?? At least most people in the world kill the animals before consuming them.
Well, I would categorize Britney Spears as a “Pop tart”.
How? We have this tendency to BREATHE. We inhale oxygen. We exhale carbon dioxide. PLANTS "inhale" carbon dioxide and and "exhale" oxygen. If we all went vegetarian, we'd produce MORE carbon dioxide, due to fewer plants to filter it out of Mother Earth's atmosphere. WE'D DESTROY THE EARTH!!!!!!! (environmentalist logic)
How is it gonna help the environment if you DON’T eat meat??? That means MORE animals rather than less....Unless PETA plans on slaughtering the animals and burying them...The breeding without harvesting would INCREASE the number of animals......
PETA will have to murder all those poor, defenseless ‘lil animals....
How about Madonna?
PETA...
People Eating Tasty Animals.
She's more of a Pop Sour! >:-}
What a load of BS! Let's just say that if you eat meat, EVERY ounce you consume turns into the exact amount of Carbon Dioxide. (impossible.)
You would have to consume 9 POUNDS (not ounces) of meat every day to create 270 pounds of CO2 in a month.
These PETA idiots are so stupid they are in danger of forgetting to breathe, which is OK by me since that will cut down THEIR CO2 emmissions and reproductive rate.
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