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September 7, 2008

UN: Improve the Weather by Not Eating Meat

Posted by Dave Blount at September 7, 2008 11:48 AM

Once again the United Nations — to whom Democrats would sacrifice American sovereignty — has pushed moonbattery over the edge of self-parody. Our wannabe World Government's latest dictum: we should stop eating meat to save the planet from the nonexistent global warming crisis.

Barks Rajendra Pachauri, the unkempt moonbat who chairs the Nobel Prize–winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has estimated that direct emissions from meat production account for about 18% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions. So I want to highlight the fact that among options for mitigating climate change, changing diets is something one should consider.

We're asked to believe that meat causes global warming due to the flatulence of farm animals. Pachauri suggests that a global tax on carbon could help raise the price of meat, which he sees as a good thing because it would make us eat less of it, although he wants Africans to eat more of it.

It's reassuring that the UN has established jurisdiction over nutrition and the weather, but animals in the wild continue to emit greenhouse gases with impunity. A United Nations Commission for the Extermination of Flatulating Animals must be convened at once. No doubt Michael Moore will be able to finagle an exception, given his powerful connections in the Democrat Party.

On tips from ToddonCapeCod, Conservigilant, Wiggins, and mega. Hat tip: Ace of Spades HQ.