Walking to the store is more damaging to the earth than traveling by car

[Hoopy Frood]

The climate could benefit if people avoided exercise, ate less and became couch potatoes.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2195538.ece

[Chucara]

That is just stupid. It's taking figures entirely out of context and using them to make a point. That being said, food production is one of those areas that could use a revamp of their energy consumptions. But they're completely forgetting that the grass that feeds the cows absorbs CO2 as it grows.

It's like that idiotic episodes of MythBusters where they "bust" the "myth" of using used cooking oil in a diesel car. First of all, they conclude that they get roughly the same mileage from the oil, yet they bust the myth because the engine wouldn't last as long. (Makes you wonder if there was any result that would make them accept the myth).

But here, they completely ignore the fact that using plant oil as fuel is CO2 neutral to the environment. The CO2 created during combustion was absorbed as the plants grew. Fossile fuels release CO2 that was originally sealed in the ground.

[Solwyn]

I say we all just eat a lot less beef.

Don't get me wrong I love it. I eat steak at every opportunity. I ate Beef Pad Thai last night. But cows are just so inefficient. They cost more to feed, they don't produce as much meat per unit of food as other animals, and their waste is much less useful.

[BlueCross]

I think that making fun of MacDonalds is UnAmerican.

[Solwyn]

McUnAmerican?

[The SysMan]

Good thing I'm not american.

McD's Sucks Balls! Especially the Left one!

[PsychoPompos]

All hail Wendy's

[Hoopy Frood]

All hail Culver's

[Starseeker]

But you gotta love mythbusters when they blow up stuff!

[Solwyn]

I'm proud to be an American.

I just wish our country wasn't responsible for so many points of shame. I'm sure every nation has a few.

For example, I wish our main contributions to history were remembered as a practical application of a modern republic, the home of the digital revolution (from Edison's light bulb to Gore's Internet).

However, we are now known as one of the last western nations to outlaw slavery, our main export is McCommerce, and we outsource all our tech support for our digital revolution devices to India.

How about your nation of origin (US included, if you disagree with my points)

[BlueCross]

Quiznos!