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Eat Less Meat To Save The Planet, Brits Say

Eating less meat and dairy could help tackle climate change by reducing the amount of methane gas emitted by cows and sheep. Reuters reports on an email leaked to a vegetarian campaign group, Viva, wherein a British Environment Agency official expressed sympathy for the green benefits of a vegan diet, which bans all animal product foods. The official said the government may in future recommend eating less meat as one of the "key environmental behaviour changes" needed to combat climate change… Blimey, the Brits threaten to take the lead again. --JULIA WHITTY






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I have been saying this for sometime. Wake up you fat farting Americans! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. Stop eating the flesh of your brothers and sisters, you cannibals. Go vegetarian. You will smell better and look thin and pretty like me. (That is what my daddy says.)

Posted by: Lucy Lu on 05/30/07 at 4:37 PM  Respond

Lucy Lu,

In general, meat is not a great source of protein for a variety of reasons. However, tilapia, carp, and catfish are all more efficient means of getting protein than any meat or vegetable. It actually produces protein per unit of land to grow grain, feed it to the fish, then eat the fish, than it does to grow soy, the most efficient vegetarian source of protein.

That said, you say the same thing in almost the same manner in nearly every one of your posts. I've literally talked to computer programs like eliza and racter that were more interesting than a conversation with you.


Does it bother you that you may be failing the Turing test?


Here is a description of the test for those unfamiliar with it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test

In short, what I am saying is that I have doubts that Lucy Lu is human. I think she may be a mediocre artificial intelligence program ... or a troll.

Posted by: Misanthropic Scott on 05/31/07 at 4:30 AM  Respond

Oops. Of course I meant more protein per unit of land for the fish than for soy.

Posted by: Misanthropic Scott on 05/31/07 at 4:31 AM  Respond

This is so beautifully meta I can hardly stand it: "Does it bother you that you may be failing the Turing test?"

Also, where do eggs and milk stand in the protein equation? Eggs (er, egg whites) are obviously a terrific source of protein, and milk isn't bad either.
I wonder if Ovo-Lacto Vegetarians are roughly comprable to Pescatarians as far as the "green benefits" of their diet...

Posted by: GetReal on 05/31/07 at 3:16 PM  Respond

I am not an Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian. We Chinese vegetarians eat eggs and milk. We are not wacko like some you American people who value animal species and turd machines(computers) more than beautiful thin people like myself. I am not a short fat Troll either.

Posted by: Lucy Lu on 05/31/07 at 4:59 PM  Respond

Lucy Lu - you may not be short or fat, but you are the very definition of a troll:

blog troll
(v.) (1) To deliberately post derogatory or inflammatory comments to a community forum, chat room, newsgroup and/or a blog in order to bait other users into responding.

Posted by: Deacon on 06/01/07 at 10:30 AM  Respond

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