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Gov't advisors seek to cut 'high carbon' foods of menus... lamb, alcohol, tomatoes
Out will go kebabs, greenhouse tomatoes and alcohol. Instead, diners will be encouraged to consume more potatoes and seasonal vegetables, as well as pork and chicken, which generate fewer carbon emissions.
“Changing our lifestyles, including our diets, is going to be one of the crucial elements in cutting carbon emissions,” said David Kennedy, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change.
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Gov't advisors seek to cut 'high carbon' foods of menus... lamb, alcohol, tomatoes
GIVE up lamb roasts and save the planet. Government advisers are developing menus to combat climate change by cutting out high carbon food such as meat from sheep, whose burping poses a serious threat to the environment.
Out will go kebabs, greenhouse tomatoes and alcohol. Instead, diners will be encouraged to consume more potatoes and seasonal vegetables, as well as pork and chicken, which generate fewer carbon emissions.
Changing our lifestyles, including our diets, is going to be one of the crucial elements in cutting carbon emissions, said David Kennedy, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change.
Kennedy has stopped eating his favourite doner kebabs because they contain lamb.
A government-sponsored study into greenhouse gases found that producing 2.2lb of lamb released the equivalent of 37lb of carbon dioxide.
The problem is because sheep burp so much methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Cows are only slightly better behaved. The production of 2.2lb of beef releases methane equivalent to 35lb of CO2 Tomatoes, most of which are grown in heated glasshouses, are the most carbon-intensive vegetable, each 2.2lb generating more than 20lb of CO2 Potatoes, in contrast, release only about 1lb of CO2 for each 2.2lb of food. The figures are similar for most other native fruit and vegetables.
We are not saying that everyone should become vegetarian or give up drinking but moving towards less carbon intensive foods will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve health, said Kennedy.
The climate committee is analysing emissions from farming and will suggest measures to reduce them. However, it has concluded that people will have to change their habits.
Alcoholic drinks are another significant contributory factor, with the growing and processing of crops such as hops and malt into beer and whisky helping to generate 1.5% of the nations greenhouse gases.
The Carbon Trust, a government-funded firm, is working with food and drink companies to calculate the carbon footprints of products - sometimes with surprising results.
Coca-Cola, for example, generates only about half the greenhouse gas emissions of Innocents smoothies. Cadburys chocolate generates about 4½lb for every 2.2lb eaten - less than half that from theof CO2 same weight of chicken.
Does anyone else think this is absurd? The way it reads, is that we will soon be told to limit how much alcohol we drink and how many tomatoes we can eat
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,"
Did the article claim that growing plants, a process that takes CO2 out of the atmosphere, helped contribute to global warming? I don't doubt that the processing, whatever that includes, has an effect, but I'm pretty sure growing plants does the opposite.
Gov't advisors seek to cut 'high carbon' foods of menus... lamb, alcohol, tomatoes
GIVE up lamb roasts and save the planet. Government advisers are developing menus to combat climate change by cutting out high carbon food such as meat from sheep, whose burping poses a serious threat to the environment.
Out will go kebabs, greenhouse tomatoes and alcohol. Instead, diners will be encouraged to consume more potatoes and seasonal vegetables, as well as pork and chicken, which generate fewer carbon emissions.
Changing our lifestyles, including our diets, is going to be one of the crucial elements in cutting carbon emissions, said David Kennedy, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change.
Kennedy has stopped eating his favourite doner kebabs because they contain lamb.
A government-sponsored study into greenhouse gases found that producing 2.2lb of lamb released the equivalent of 37lb of carbon dioxide.
The problem is because sheep burp so much methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Cows are only slightly better behaved. The production of 2.2lb of beef releases methane equivalent to 35lb of CO2 Tomatoes, most of which are grown in heated glasshouses, are the most carbon-intensive vegetable, each 2.2lb generating more than 20lb of CO2 Potatoes, in contrast, release only about 1lb of CO2 for each 2.2lb of food. The figures are similar for most other native fruit and vegetables.
We are not saying that everyone should become vegetarian or give up drinking but moving towards less carbon intensive foods will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve health, said Kennedy.
The climate committee is analysing emissions from farming and will suggest measures to reduce them. However, it has concluded that people will have to change their habits.
Alcoholic drinks are another significant contributory factor, with the growing and processing of crops such as hops and malt into beer and whisky helping to generate 1.5% of the nations greenhouse gases.
The Carbon Trust, a government-funded firm, is working with food and drink companies to calculate the carbon footprints of products - sometimes with surprising results.
Coca-Cola, for example, generates only about half the greenhouse gas emissions of Innocents smoothies. Cadburys chocolate generates about 4½lb for every 2.2lb eaten - less than half that from theof CO2 same weight of chicken.
Does anyone else think this is absurd? The way it reads, is that we will soon be told to limit how much alcohol we drink and how many tomatoes we can eat
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,"
Times Online | News and Views from The Times and Sunday Times
Hope you didn't think is was reported by mainstream media
If you'd provided a link everyone would realize this is in Britain not the US.The whole thing is absurd. Lambs burp to much so you can't eat lamb like you use to be allowed to. Sounds a bit loco to me
I can think of better ways to spend government money rather than sponsor a study like this.
Your taxdollars at work folks; aren't you proud
Times Online | News and Views from The Times and Sunday Times
Hope you didn't think is was reported by mainstream media
No, it sounds more like World Nut Daily or Newsmax but Times Online isn't bad.
If you'd provided a link everyone would realize this is in Britain not the US.The whole thing is absurd. Lambs burp to much so you can't eat lamb like you use to be allowed to. Sounds a bit loco to me
I can think of better ways to spend government money rather than sponsor a study like this.
Your taxdollars at work folks; aren't you proud
If you'd provided a link everyone would realize this is in Britain not the US.The whole thing is absurd. Lambs burp to much so you can't eat lamb like you use to be allowed to. Sounds a bit loco to me
I can think of better ways to spend government money rather than sponsor a study like this.
Your taxdollars at work folks; aren't you proud
being in Britain makes it no less absurb,, you do of course know the mainstay of the muslim diet???
Times Online | News and Views from The Times and Sunday Times
Hope you didn't think is was reported by mainstream media
No, it sounds more like World Nut Daily or Newsmax but Times Online isn't bad.
The Government limiting our alcohol consumption is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
The Government limiting our alcohol consumption is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
...but too much alcohol has been shown to damage a person's constitution.
The Government limiting our alcohol consumption is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
...but too much alcohol has been shown to damage a person's constitution.
Plus, it would violate the 21st Amendment.
