HONESTY FROM A GLOBAL WARMING NUT

The thing about those who keep telling us in real "Flash Gordon" style, that we only have a month and a half to save the planet, is that they are - at best - economical with the truth.

You see if you REALLY believe that we are destroying the planet (just so we are clear, I do not!), then getting behind the wheel of a Prius or buying carbon offsets from your own company while you move swiftly around the world in a private jet, is truly not the problem.

The problem is MUCH more basic than that... if you are a true believer that is.

The problem is in fact a four letter word...

MEAT!

You see if we are destroying Planet earth, then by FAR the biggest culprits are in fact cows. Look at this from The Times of London:

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.

WOW! - 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide??

So the first question you need to ask the person screaming at you for driving around in your SUV is if they want to discuss the whole thing over a burger somewhere... because if they do, then they are a FAR bigger problem to the atmosphere - in all kinds of ways! - than you and your SUV.

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.”

Stern is one of the worlds' leading authorities on Global Warming. And it really does come down to this. If you are serious that we are destroying the planet then two things need to happen.

1. Turn veggie. If I catch you so much as sniffing at a well grilled burger or steak while a guest at my home, we are going to have a problem.

2. When exactly should the whole cow and pig genocide thing start? Oh and of course, how exactly are we going to do that? Hunt them from helicopters? Round them up as usual and send them to the slaughter house, but burn all the meat? (hang 0n - carbon dioxide - we better bury them in a land fill!).

I do have some words of praise for this Lord. He is being honest. If you accept the premise that global warming is produced by the gasses we pump into the atmosphere, then surely we need to take on this huge producer of those gasses?

Oh and one final thing - Stern - who I did say was honest - eats MEAT!!! He said so in the Times!!

If you wish to comment on this blog, you can do so at simontalkshow@gmail.com

___________________________________________________________________