Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:01:12 AM
Thought this was funny. Lord Stern, a leading global warming nutter in Britain, wants everybody to become vegen's.
Sen. Thune (R) thinks that is stupid.
What got him going were Stern's comments that "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, an economist, told the Times of London that cows and pigs are a significant source of greenhouse gases.
Thune has seen this before, of course, and this year was able to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from pushing a "cow tax," where producers are taxed for "naturally occurring livestock emissions."
Said Thune: "Fortunately, we've been grilling the cow tax efforts here in D.C. but need to keep the fire on these extremist views from across the pond."
I had a steak sandwich for lunch yesterday. To think I couldn't have that anymore? That is akin to blasphemy!