UN Panel on Climate Change
Save the planet by cutting down on meat? That’s just a load of bull.
Look, I hate to be rude to the UN. I don’t want to seem churlish in the face of advice from a body as august and well-meaning as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But if they seriously believe that I am going to give up eating meat – in the hope of reducing the temperature of the planet – then they must be totally barmy.
We are going to have carnivorous festivals of chops and sausages.
No, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, distinguished chairman of the panel, I am not going to have one meat-free day per week. No, I am not going to become a gradual vegetarian. In fact, the whole proposition is so irritating that I am almost minded to eat more meat in response.
Every weekend, rain or shine, I suggest that we flaunt our defiance of UN dietary recommendations with a series of vast Homeric barbecues.
We are going to have carnivorous festivals of chops and sausages and burgers and chitterlings and chine and offal, and the fat will run down our chins, and the dripping will blaze on the charcoal, and the smoky vapours will rise to the heavens.
We will call these meat feasts Pachauri days, in satirical homage to the tofu-chomping UN man who told the human race to go veggie.
And the reason I respond so intemperately to his suggestion is that he completely misses the point. Everybody knows the reality, and everybody – every environmentalist, every Guardian columnist – pussyfoots around it.
The problem is not the cows; the problem is the people eating the cows. The problem is us. Oh, Dr Pachauri is quite right to be concerned at the emissions of noxious vapours from farm animals.
As the UN revealed in 2006, livestock make a bigger contribution to the greenhouse effect – to global warming – than every motor vehicle on the planet.
Cows are spreading remorselessly over the earth, as jungle is turned into pasture, and pasture is turned into cud, and cud is turned into the terrible ruminant efflatus that rises from the fields and the farms and swaddles the globe in a tea cosy of methane, 23 times as damaging as CO2.
Livestock now use 30 per cent of the earth’s surface, and farming now produces 37 per cent of the methane created by human activity, and every extra cow means thousands of extra cowpats, each cowpat seemingly innocent enough, but together capable of emitting enough steaming gas to change the composition of the upper air.
Yes, Dr Pachauri is spot on in his analysis. It is his prescription that is absurd. He is quite right that if you want to buy a gas-guzzler 4×4 Range Rover and you want to offset your greenhouse emissions, you just have to pop into the nearest field and assassinate a cow. And he is quite right that if we were to kill all the cows in the world, and all the sheep, we would greatly reduce our methane output.
What he neglects in his argument are the 1.3 billion people whose livelihoods depend on agriculture, and above all he forgets the global population of human beings. It is our appetite for meat that supports those farmers, and it is our insatiable desire for burgers that has called those poor cows into existence.
Why, oh why will the modern UN say nothing about the real issue, the prior issue, the unspeakable truth that is at the heart of deforestation, global warming, the depletion of the seas, the destruction of species and just about every environmental problem that afflicts us?
The biggest threat to the planet is not the lowing of the cows as they take over the Latin American savannah.
It is the dizzying increase in the numbers of people driving those cows and then eating them. The world’s population is up to 6.72 billion, and set to rise to 9 billion by 2050.
Now let me tell you something about the year 2050. It is not that far off. I fully intend to see it in, since I will be a mere 84, and I must say that I do not look with enthusiasm at the prospect of sharing the planet with another 2.3 billion people.
I am sure that they will all each be individually charming and they will all have much to contribute to the intellectual and spiritual life of our species. But they will also make life that much more crowded, sweaty and exhausting than it already is. They will accelerate the urbanisation of the world and the turning of rural south-east England into a gigantic suburbia.
And whatever Dr Pachauri may say, I do not think they will be persuaded to eat nut cutlets. Millions of years of evolution are not to be reversed by a spot of preaching from the UN. Man is an omnivore, culturally and probably biologically programmed to take protein from meat; and those meat animals must be farmed.
We cannot all eat moose, like Sarah Palin. We need cows. Not so long ago I stood in the vast canteen in the Beijing Olympic village and on one side were long salad bars, with virtually no one in the queue.
On the other side, of course, was McDonald’s, where Olympic athletes were lining up to take nourishment from the burgers reviled by right-thinking environmentalists.
Before Dr Pachauri preaches any more sermons against meat, I suggest he gets down to the UN canteen and sees what his staff are eating. Is he really going to snatch that schnitzel from their lips? Of course not.
It is time the United Nations remembered its historic role in campaigning against global overpopulation. There was a time when the UN used to champion female emancipation, education, family planning and all the real solutions to the world’s excessive and intolerable population boom.
It is time the world’s leaders had the wisdom and courage once again to talk the fundamental issue, rather than babbling about our diet. It’s not eating meat that does the damage. It’s the huge and remorselessly growing number of people who want to eat it.
[Ed: This article was first published in the Daily Telegraph on 09 September 2008 under the heading, "Save the planet by cutting down on meat? That's just a load of bull."]
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That alliance was Ken’s cynical attempt to beat Boris, whatever he really thought about the Green party policies.
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Pauld said:”under a Euro directive, you are now obliged to smoke pure cannabis in these bars since “diluting” it with tobacco becomes an offence.
I’m hard pushed to find a better example of the mad, mad world these dictators have built around us.”
Blimey Paul, that takes some beating and I’m not I can top that. But just for information here are the values of Red Ken: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/mystic_meg/daily_stars/article1369426.ece?offset=6
But my attempt to top the utterly unbelievable list – it’s rumoured that David Milliband has been intimate with a woman
I know! Unbelievable isn’t it? I mean, would you even open your door and discuss morality with this man on a sunday morning? I don’t think Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, would. Oh read this story, please, talk about being put in your place: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2825637/David-Miliband-subjected-to-F-word-tirade-from-Russian-foreign-minister-Lavrov.html
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Paul, I didn’t know that the Dutch had implemented smoking bans. Oh lord, now they smoke pure cannabis! The Dutch are liberal, but that is a bit stupid. There are a lot of messed up youngsters over there because of the drug policy.
They do love their dairy products and meat though. All those fatty Dutch sausages! When I go over there, they are always scanning my behind, hardly my smallest feature, and pinching my flesh,squeaking oh you are so thin!!!! One thing they eat over there is date loaf, a very rich cake, sliced, then SPREAD THICKLY WITH LURPAK! Another treat is golden, crispy chips, with a thick dollop of mayonnaise.
I tend to stick to the raw herring myself.
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Well what a surprise! You look like a big meat-eater, and there you go, you are. You obviously think the meat maketh the man. Well I just hope your cholesterol-stuffed arteries and antibiotic-sodden liver cause you immense suffering when they kill you. I mean, why give up meat when it would mean an end to the torture, cruelty and neglect inflicted on innocent farm animals, and an end to the disappearing rainforests. One couldn’t expect you to neglect your tastebuds for such a thing, tut-tut!!!!!!
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Hey, where’d my comment go? I’m sure I left it around here somewhere….?
[Ed: I looked. Can't find a stray. Try again?]
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It had two links in it, have you checked the spam filter? I’ve lost the link and it was a good one, hope you find it
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The Mayor probably needs his meat to keep his strength up for the tough job he is doing running London, so we may tease, but we mustn’t be too hard on him.
One funny thing since Boris became Mayor. What is all this interest in his personal appearance? Does anyone remember one comment about what Ken wore, how he wore his hair or whether he was appropriately dressed? I guess the bar wasn’t set too high there though.
Boris is getting such a sartorial going over, you would think he was auditioning to be the face of Yves St. Laurent! There is still time.
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Ken was a lost cause, lookswise, Heavens know how he got all the women he did.
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Well said on population Boris!
I cant agree on the meat eating though.
It would be good for all meat eaters just to cut down on it. Nobody has to stop eating it altogether. That is overkill!
Look -in CO2 emissions per capita terms, one average American = approx 25 average Africans. One average European = approx 12 average Africans. The figures for overall consumption are even worse!
So, which country’s population needs reducing the most, since the planets resources are finite?
If we were reclassified as wildlife I wonder what the WWF would advise we should do about this situation?
Even if we could get the whole world to agree on a voluntary stop at two children policy(i.e replacement level, theoretically that would give us a stable population) starting tomorrow,the momentum of the existing practices would still carry the population on upwards for some considerable time to around 7.5 or 8 billion- but that would be a lot better than the 9.7 billion forecast by 2050!
Should the decline in the earths limited resources ever force the issue upon us, we can always follow China’s stop at one policy. By doing this we could halve the world’s poluation in 80-100 years, but unfortunately the vast majority of people would be old, and the young would be rather put out by this,I feel.
Being more drastic with birth control and calling for a stop at none policy would halve the population in about 40-50 years, but then everyone would be 40 or 50 years old wouldnt they?
Talk is cheap Boris! Now thatyou have a better perspective on the population problem, and appreciate the difficulties in solving it, what do you suggest we do about it?
Perhaps “Culling” the most intransigent meat eaters and a good number their herds of farting animals would be an alternative solution to stringent birth control measures That really would reduce greenhouse gas emissions!
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Festivals of Sausages and Chops on St.Georges Day, with flag waving please Boris? But not devil-dog-with-baby owners? I’d love to put a St.George (or even a Chelsea FC flag) in the window. I’m pretty tired of England not having an identity of its own anymore, that of course leaves us vulnerable. The thought of remembrance sunday is more horrible than usual to contemplate with this bunch of dictators terrorising some of us. All those good men and women paying for freedom with their lives, only for us to be so stupid as to allow these labour robbers of freedom and identity to rule us by stealth.
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That is actually a great idea – the Festival of Chops and Sausages idea. Should the wonderful dream of the reign of Boris ever come to pass and we hope it does, we could celebrate with medieval banquests of sausages,ansd mash, great hunks of beef and pork crackling could be roasted and sold in the streets.
Boris somehow seems synonymous with everyone having a good time, and sausages don’t cost that much!
He also likes samosas, so samosa stalls would be allowed. And piping hot curries. OK, he likes food.
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Dear Boris
Sorry,but ,I completely disagree…
PS. Still love you lots X
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Mmm. Some lovely spicy mulled wine would go well with that. Or red wine. (for medicinal purposes).
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Dear Boris
Last Thursday at around midnight we encountered the mother of traffic jams travelling north on the A12 at the Green Man roundabout in Leytonstone. The underpass was closed and the slip road bollarded down to two lanes – but this wasn’t the main reason. The snarl-up was caused by traffic lights phased to give EIGHT SECONDS (I counted) to a mile-long queue!
At that time of night the roundabout was virtually empty. The light could have been phased green for at least a minute to clear the jam without causing problems elsewhere.
Isn’t someone supposed to be in charge of these things? If it was me, I couldn’t sleep a wink knowing my neglect was causing so much irritation to so many people. What’s the point of all these CCTV cameras and computer control systems when we end up with a scene out of the Italian Job?
Failings like this make people curse London as a place to visit, yet they are entirely unnecessary. Can you sort it out please?
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I wonder what the Mayor had for his breakfast this morning? I am betting a full English, with tea, buttered toast and Oxford marmalade. He needs to keep his strength up. I like people who enjoy their food, none of this soya milk, muesli rubbish. He gets plenty of exercise. What was this I read that he wanted to swin the Thames, or swim across somewhere, but his aides thought it would be too dangerous?
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Looking at graphics programs for a totally different purpose, I found this edu-tainment video on the subject of CO2 emissions ( http://tinyurl.com/bubblechart ). I wonder what happens to the bubbles if we remove electricity from animal farms?
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Great link, Gill, thanks.
Hey Ed, found that comment yet?
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exellent boris i enjoyed seeing that in my times sitting in starbucks still up to your “delors plan to rule europe” standard
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Regarding Boris’s comment about the year 2050 being crowded, if you can all recall the movie BLADE RUNNER, you will remember what Ridley Scott’s vision of the world in the future was in that film. Claustrophobic, dark, menacing, a myriad nationalities jostling each other…. also, strange man made replicants threatened society, and the Blade Runner himself (Harrison Ford) was emotionally cold and afraid of intimacy. (He said his ex wife called him sushi, or something like that, anyway, she meant “cold fish”.)
Everyone in the film is initially alienated. When the film first came out, Ridley Scott was slated because the audiences did not understand what he was trying to say, and the film initially was not a success. People could not stand the idea of such a grim, bleak view of the world.
As the years have passed, this film is recognised for the masterpiece that it is, and probably the year 2050 will be exactly like the film.
If I am alienating the audience who sign on to Boris’s website by these cinematic examples, please tell me and I will shut it. But his articles inspire me to such cinematic references, and as a mad movie fan, I want to tell you all. (sorry for being apain).
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ps. One of the female replicants has a hair do identical to Boris. if you recall, she jumped on Harrison Ford’s neck and tried to break it with her thighs.
pps. OK I am just a nerd.
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Angela said: “the audiences did not understand what he was trying to say, and the film initially was not a success. People could not stand the idea of such a grim, bleak view of the world.”
Sounds like Peter Hitchens (long standing readers of this blog will know that I read Peter Hitchens’ work and have turned many here onto his stuff, much like his brother thinks women are naturally funny – unintentionally [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7izJggqCoA&feature=related] ) Peter’s large column on sunday told us “There is no such organisation as ‘Al Qaeda’” and if you also watch his response to David Miliband I really do think he has a point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cXH_72v1MU
Such issues as terrorism will be the subject of the party conferences, now in session (Lib Dem). A subject and responsibility that must concern the London Mayor. Add to that global warming (see Gill’s link above) and thereto the inevitable tax re-arrangement.
No party will consider the real and genuine issues concerning people today. It’s not fashionable. Not FASHIONABLE. They are not causes championed by the dead tree press. Such as genuine support for families. Medication for the sick. Real education and not social indoctrination for children. Liberty and justice.
Peter is one of the few, IMHO, who speaks out as he finds. Mathew Parris is another and his latest column in the Times is interesting. Boris is another.
I urge readers to consider the fashion of the day. One of those fashions, you MUST agree, is climate change. Balance your spending, your interest and your votes, with considered thought. Please.
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Personally I’m revisiting my youth on Youtube – listening to ‘Songs in The key Of Life’ and remembering the days i could dance all night. OK so I did the bump to ‘Superstition’ but I don’t think you’ll hold that against me… Paul? And on this peronal note I think we should have more pictures of Boris naked. Or in fact any. There’s a derth of pictures of Mayors naked. Probably a good thing in Ken’s case… !
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Jaq i do read Peter Hichen, and have seen him on that Dimbleby programme, but he is a bit cynical about politicians, isn’t he? He just seems to hate them, both LAbour and Tories, and really that is a bit negative, because it is easy to criticise, and we have to go with one of the available alternatives. He seems very very angry, but I will try again and read the links you kindly gave.
I like Peter Oborne. i know Boris thinks the Mail is trash, but they do have some good articles sometimes.
Mathew Parris is a very good writer, and Boris is a brilliant writer. Boris, as well as being witty, can write such poetic descriptions. He is very talented and if he chose to give up politics tomorrow, he could go straight to the top in two or three other careers. (Editor, writer, wit and humorist). Jaq there was such a sweet picture in the Standard tonight of Boris with what looked like a stripper. He has such a serious expression on his face!
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The problem is the cows farting 24/7. The problem is people eating Heinz baked beans then farting 24/7. God help us!
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What temperature would the environmentalists like the planet to be ? They’re not usually very clear on this.
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Paaarp !
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Gosh Hichen really went for Miliband. Why can’t the Labour Party get it through their thick heads it is all of them the country is fedup with, not just Gordon? When Tony Blair got kicked out, Gordon thought we would fall for the “the past 10 years of disasters are nothing to do with me” argument and said he needed time to show us “his vision!” where was he then, locked in a dark closet?
As for the rest of the Labour Party, SAME THING.
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I did the bump to ‘Superstition’ but I don’t think you’ll hold that against me… Paul?
Funny you should say that, Jaq. We saw Stevie Wonder at the O2 Dome last week – probably the best rock concert I’ve seen in my entire life. The kids said the same, and they seem to spend every other evening at gigs.
The one thing I fear about going to watch old stagers like Stevie is that they might have gone off, reminding us of Father Time’s cruel streak. Not a bit of it. His extraordinary voice had more strength and freedom than ever. His backing band was pure class. And when it came to singing his old hits, he was wise enough to deliver them precisely as everyone knows them, every nuance intact.
Stevie comes across as a gentle, modest man with not a hint of falseness or affectation. The audience said it all afterwards – 20,000 people emerged from the Dome grinning ear to ear. What a treat to see such rare talent at work.
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Stevie Wonder is a true artist. So many singers nowadays are just personalitites, not real singers.
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The cows eat grass then fart 24/7. People eat baked beans then fart 24/7. By switching their diets, the problem will solved.
Around 28 0C. Paaaaaaaa……arp…
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Paul – thanks for that, you’re right I did wonder (arf arf) whether he was as good as ever. I’m glad to hear you had such a good time and that Stevie was canny enough to deliver the oldies as we cherish them. I saw him on TV on Johnathan Ross’s show but was trying to keep that quiet. The best concert I ever attended (concert not festival which is a different thing) was by Bill Withers. There were very few people there and so he came and sat with us in the stalls and sang there, it was like being with him in someone’s sitting room. It was fantastic and great fun. He encouraged us to sing and one black woman obviously had a good voice and we all looked. I mention her colour because of the sound associated with that – powerful rich soulful voice. He sang an impromtu duet with her that was fantastic – an evening I’m sure she’ll remember, as I do
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Ah, Bill Withers. Another one with a rare gift. And a gift it certainly is – you cannot be coached to that level of artistry.
What I didn’t tell you was we nearly didn’t make it to Stevie, having been ripped off by an internet scam. With the moderator’s permission I will name them: SOS Masterticket. Don’t worry, Mod – Google on that name and you will find the internet abuzz with people who lost out. I am filling out a credit card rebate form as we speak (thank heaven for credit cards).
SOS Masterticket is bucket shop with a professional-looking website operated in Spain, as it turns out. They even had the nerve to charge me £14.34 as a “Euro conversion fee” on top of several hundred pounds for the tickets. These never arrived, their website disappeared and their phones went dead. Trading Standards told me they have been swamped with complaints.
Moral: Only buy from reputable sources. Luckily, we managed to grab replacement tickets at the last minute from the Dome box office.
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Boris, do you not know how cows are treated in the slaughterhouses? Hung by their hind leg, bled dry while alive, kicked and beaten, day-old calves starving in tiny gestation crates where they cannot turn around as they are prepared to be slaughtered for veal?
Boris, is cruelty your thing?
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Panorama last week – Rain Forests, Brazil.
A company called Canopy Capital, “We should pay Brazilian farmers NOT to deforest and raise cattle.” Rather like a compensatory tax for lost business in the interest of preserving the ‘lungs’ of the planet.
Two questions to Canopy Capital by email (thus far ignored)
What happens when you restrict the supply of any commodity ?
In view of the answer to the first question, will we ever be able to pay the Brazilian land owners enough to stop logging ?
A third question,
What do Canopy Capital stand to make out of this ?
And a fourth question,
Why were the BBC so uncritical of Canopy Capital’s suggestions.
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I feel that an important aspect of meat production was left out:
‘The basic rule of thumb is that it takes 2kg of feed to produce every kilogram of chicken, 4kg for pork, and at least 7kg for beef. The more meat we eat, the more grain, soya and other feedstuffs we need. So when we hear that the total global meat demand is expected to grow from 209m tonnes in 1997 to around 327m tonnes in 2020, what we have to hold in our mind is all the extra hectares of land required, all the extra water consumed, the extra energy burned, and the extra chemicals applied to grow the requisite amount of feed to produce 327m tonnes of meat.’ – Jonathon Porritt
That, rather than farting cows, is the main reason why the UN suggest eating less meat.
As for population control, I wouldn’t beleive those 2050 projections, they don’t accurately take account of the fact that economic growth reduces the number of children per family, and this is something we should be seeing in LEDC’s around the globe over the next 50 years.
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In spite of all the chops and gorgeous greasy sausages, oozing juice, Boris looks as though he is losing weight.
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Boris has got it right. Its only partially to do with what people do, but much more the ever increasing number of people doing it. We humans are not immune from natural selection, and in the end, nature will have its way, and the population will drop, such that those left will be able to sustain themselves, with or without meat. Market forces in play their part as well.
But what politition is going to suggest going back to the horse and cart. Not a vote winner?!?! Trouble is, we would need a huge number of horses—do they create methane?
There are some pretty stupid people out there, who, from their job, really ought to think before opening their mouths, like that guy from UN. There are also a lot who say ‘do as I say, and not do as I do’. I wait with baited breath to watch our ridiculous PM ride around in a horse and cart or a tiny car, with a 1 litre engine and no A/C. I will be waiting a long time , I think.
Keep it up Boris, we need irrevent people like you and Jeremy Clarkson to inject a bit of reality into life, instead of these politically correct people who ought to get a grip on reality.
Regards
TIM
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Obviously no “old style” Catholics here then! Fish on Friday and “Family Fast Day !!
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I stopped eating beans!
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that the world is overpopulated is the biggest load of nonsense ever…
otherwise right thinking people like boris really have to get a julian simon book to be cured of this myth…
the whole world’s population could fit into the australian state of queensland, and not all on top of each other, they’d each have over 300 square metres each.
the population density of the world is less than a fifth of the population density of the united kingdom, and you lot seem to be plodding along just fine…
what a load of nuts!
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Wow.
You guys seriously elected this man?
Say what you want about us Americans, but at least we didn’t *actually* vote for George W. Bush the first time.
Yeesh.
- David from Ohio, USA
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Haha! That was a very stupid article. First Mr. Johnson claims people can’t change their meat eating habits because eating meet is part of human nature. Then he claims that the real problem is people reprodusing as if the urge for sex was NOT part of aur instincts.
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In fact, when is someone going to stand up to the enviromaniacs who don’t seem to be clear what they are campaigning against? The IPCC panel were pleased to be able to announce a 90% chance that global warming (itself a nonsense term) was due to man’s activities. 90% is statistical hogwash. The northern hemisphere has been warming at night in winter since about 1835, by about 1degC a century. Warming is happening as a result of natural cycles much bigger than the imaginations of climate ’scientists’. I guess you will be familiar with Karl Popper’s white swan/black swan proposal? So why don’t the BBC/Sunday Times look for evidence that doesn’t support the fairy tale (there’s lots of it)? Meanwhile I – and you – am paying £14 per energy bill towards a meaningless gesture supposed to stop the unstoppable. And after the expenditure of trillions of dollars over several decades we might slow warming down by about a week: but gosh, we’ll feel so holy. Meanwhile what remains of British (and American, if Obama crumbles to the PC argument) manufacturing will have gone offshore to countries who have no intention of cutting emissions, Gore’s carbon-broking company will have cleaned up, and our economy will be based entirely (as Rod Liddle suggests) on ectoplasm.
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Hi Boris, you’re talking bullshit! Remember any O-level Maths? It goes like this:
Population x Personal Footprint = Environmental Impact
Now Present Population won’t change unless you shoot people (not good for getting votes) but Personal Footprint drops drastically if you eat less meat. Any sensible politicial who wants to reduce Environmental Impact plays with the variables he has at hand, which comes down to eating less meat. So clean up your bullshit, kill your holy cows and you’ll win votes to get re-elected. Cheers, Paul
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So you’re encouraging people to eat more meat in defiance of the IPCCs evidence. What a big man you are. let’s hope you choke on a juicy piece of conservative-party-supported-brazilian beef before you see the worlds population hit 9bn. In fact the sooner the better! Of course it would be best if we all did turn vege, so that the rainforest were not to be exhausted, it would be best if no one drove or had children either, and yes, these notions are beyond reality. Im definately not going to give up meat and i wouldnt force anyone to either. Unfortunately, however, you are a leader and a role model and you should be encouraging us to eat at least a little less meat in response to the UN findings, if only for our health, rather than throw them back in their faces like the ignorant twat that you are. If only we could replace you with someone grown up enough to be doing what’s best for us, maybe getting more cars off the road, encouraging car sharing, improving public transport – yeah right – who am I kidding? Not even half a year in charge and our tube fares are rising. I dread to think how London will loook by the end of your foolish regime. Why did they vote for you!?
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Very droll Boris. But I don’t quite follow your logic. Cutting back on the bovine population is positively barmy and puts people out of work however cutting back on people is a much easier prospect.
The reality is that the issue of human population is not ignored but is very complex and fraught with difficulty. So whilst we’re trying to get to grips with it and we must, it seems eminently sensible to suggest we cut back on meat and as a nice bonus lose a bit of weight and live a bit longer (which of course adds to the problem). Never know, you may make it to 2050 after all Boris!
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Boris, forget lentilburgers and knitted muesli – think dahl and chapattis, think matar panir (cheese cubes with mint and tomato, chickpeas and potato cubes in coconut sauce, cauliflower and potato with peas, broccoli and spinach puree, diced potatoes with tumeric and cumin, pumpkin foogath, yam curry, spinach eggplant and chickpeas, lemon rice, rice with peas and turmeric and chilli. Please try these things.
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Boris,
Agreed !
The only way to save the planet is to advance our technology.
We’re meat eaters definitly.
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Mumbai’s Daily News & Analysis sarcastically calls the recommendation “a new rule to abide by, for the virtuous earthling,” comparing it to a forthcoming big-brother style ban on smoking in public places.
Brilliant. Yes, where is my ‘virtuous earthling’ badge?!
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“The biggest threat …is the dizzying increase in the numbers of people driving those cows and then eating them. The world’s population is up to 6.72 billion, and set to rise to 9 billion by 2050.”
Let me suggest you link this blog to your site:
http://www.optimumpopulation.org/blog/
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