Tax meat to reduce methane emissions?

[PredFan]

Go ahead Democrats, tax meat. See what that does for you in the next election.

 

[boedicca]

Luddly's suggestion is just one more example of how the Big Government types seek to tax-profit from anything people enjoy.

 

[norwegen]

Should We Tax Meat to Reduce Methane Emissions? | Alternet

Taxing meat as an attempt to discourage consumers to buy it could be an effective way to reduce methane emissions from livestock, according to a new study.

The analysis, published in Nature Climate Change, used knowledge from previous studies on methane emissions and livestock to make the argument that meat consumption should be curbed if methane emissions are to be reduced. It’s consumer-driven change, the scientists say: if meat consumption goes down, the number of cows and other ruminants that expel methane will also decrease.

“Influencing human behavior is one of the most challenging aspects of any large-scale policy, and it is unlikely that a large-scale dietary change will happen voluntarily without incentives,” the analysis reads. “Implementing a tax or emission trading scheme on livestock’s greenhouse gas emissions could be an economically sound policy that would modify consumer prices and affect consumption patterns.”

And, people would be healthier.

Actually, I think people would still buy and eat meat.

Indoctrination begins with control of the language. Taxes do not incentivize human behavior. They control it.

The left has commandeered the language. They did it little by little.

 

[Stephanie]

You all stood by when they went after Smokers and have put tax upon tax on it and did nothing

Bloomingidiot tried to go after sodas by banning what size cup you should have

now they want to tax meat to SAVE THE PLANET

until you take a stand and just sit and do nothing, this is what you'll get...

 

[Pop23]

You all stood by when they went after Smokers and have put tax upon tax on it and did nothing

Bloomingidiot tried to go after sodas by banning what size cup you should have

now they want to tax meat to SAVE THE PLANET

until you take a stand and just sit and do nothing, this is what you'll get...

But, it's for the children!

 

[Stephanie]

Should We Tax Meat to Reduce Methane Emissions? | Alternet

Taxing meat as an attempt to discourage consumers to buy it could be an effective way to reduce methane emissions from livestock, according to a new study.

The analysis, published in Nature Climate Change, used knowledge from previous studies on methane emissions and livestock to make the argument that meat consumption should be curbed if methane emissions are to be reduced. It’s consumer-driven change, the scientists say: if meat consumption goes down, the number of cows and other ruminants that expel methane will also decrease.

“Influencing human behavior is one of the most challenging aspects of any large-scale policy, and it is unlikely that a large-scale dietary change will happen voluntarily without incentives,” the analysis reads. “Implementing a tax or emission trading scheme on livestock’s greenhouse gas emissions could be an economically sound policy that would modify consumer prices and affect consumption patterns.”

And, people would be healthier.

Actually, I think people would still buy and eat meat.

Is this a case of influencing behavior, or is it just another way for the left to take from us and keep us on the edge of total financial ruin?
A desperate voter is more likely to go along with an abusive government.

we all know what it is...or I wished everyone would realize what this is about...I remember seeing a video of Holder talking about how they FORCED smokers to stand outside and laughing his ass off about..I'll see if I can find
But all this does is hurts the poor people getting taxed more and won't be able to pay for meat to feed their families...But then they crow how they CARE for people

 

[boedicca]

Taxing stupid and gullible will end these AGW threads

And it would have the added benefit of eliminating the deficit!

 

[Stephanie]

Taxing stupid and gullible will end these AGW threads

now that would be a tax I might go for

 

[Stephanie]

Replace guns and insert meat

this how the radicals think things should be on top of adding TAX upon TAX on it

[ame=http://youtu.be/7v80-uyD_ys]Eric Holder advocating brainwashing kids in schools - YouTube[/ame]

These people are not LOOKING out for your interest and Saving the Planet or us....They always have an ulterior motive and it's not a good one

 

[Abraham3]

Replace guns and insert meat

this how the radicals think things should be on top of adding TAX upon TAX on it

Eric Holder advocating brainwashing kids in schools - YouTube

These people are not LOOKING out for your interest and Saving the Planet or us....They always have an ulterior motive and it's not a good one

No one in the Obama administration has spoken up regarding this idea (taxing meat) or anything like it.

You seem to be beyond any need for facts or evidence before arriving at anti-Obama conclusions. You go girl.

ps: by the look of the photograph, your Holder article must date from his high school days.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Taxes aren't the cure all for eveything

 

[Stephanie]

Replace guns and insert meat

this how the radicals think things should be on top of adding TAX upon TAX on it

Eric Holder advocating brainwashing kids in schools - YouTube

These people are not LOOKING out for your interest and Saving the Planet or us....They always have an ulterior motive and it's not a good one

No one in the Obama administration has spoken up regarding this idea (taxing meat) or anything like it.

You seem to be beyond any need for facts or evidence before arriving at anti-Obama conclusions. You go girl.

ps: by the look of the photograph, your Holder article must date from his high school days.

no one mentioned Obama...for crying out loud..
this was Holder speaking on his own
not my fault you can't follow what the thread is about
but you go dudette

 

[Kosh]

A carbon tax was once proposed here in the US be glad it never made it out of the talking stages.

 

[eagle1462010]

We might as well call this proposed tax a FART TAX............

As the animals Farting is this wacks justification of the meat Tax.

 

[Stephanie]

We might as well call this proposed tax a FART TAX............

As the animals Farting is this wacks justification of the meat Tax.

It's just damn scary what they put out as justification to tax the people in this country

what's worse is people fall for it

 

[novasteve]

A Tax On Meat Would Reduce Methane Emissions From Livestock, Scientists Say | ThinkProgress

What fucking HIV positive liberal faggots

 

[Katzndogz]

Would it really be so bad to take genocidal actions against liberals?

 

[Abraham3]

Replace guns and insert meat

this how the radicals think things should be on top of adding TAX upon TAX on it

Eric Holder advocating brainwashing kids in schools - YouTube

These people are not LOOKING out for your interest and Saving the Planet or us....They always have an ulterior motive and it's not a good one

No one in the Obama administration has spoken up regarding this idea (taxing meat) or anything like it.

You seem to be beyond any need for facts or evidence before arriving at anti-Obama conclusions. You go girl.

ps: by the look of the photograph, your Holder article must date from his high school days.

no one mentioned Obama...for crying out loud..
this was Holder speaking on his own
not my fault you can't follow what the thread is about
but you go dudette

In a thread about taxing meat to reduce the number of bovine ungulants being raised, you bring up Eric Holder and brainwashing children (getting people they trust on mass media to tell them that it's wrong to carry a gun). And then you get on MY case for not staying on topic?

 

[flacaltenn]

We might as well call this proposed tax a FART TAX............

As the animals Farting is this wacks justification of the meat Tax.

There ya go.. Before everyone gets all wound up about taxing meat --- you need to look at the RATIONALE given for doing it... Animal farts.. A premise which comes out of the Global Warming debate. And since that's where it comes from and we need to be skeptical --- we should check the premise..

The premise is that mankind is charged for cattle emissions because cows and pigs exist BECAUSE of man.. Fair enough.. But what did our massive agriculture reserves replace?

They replaced virtual CLOUDS of buffalo roaming the plains.. And wild pigs and populations of farting beavers that were hunted to near extinction.. In Africa, domestic cattle could not yet EVER REPLACE the decimation of the wild "natural" populations of WildeBeasts and other range animals..

So ---- It's a phoney accounting issue.. Crooked book-keeping. Since agriculture and herds of domestic animals account for something like 20% of the carbon dioxide emissions charged to man --- We OUGHT to demanding another accounting agency correct the bad bookkeeping today.

 

[flacaltenn]

Or Luddly -- we could get eco-smart and RECOVER the valuable methane so you could
close more coal plants..

FILL BABY --- FILL !!!​