Occasionally, an AdSense advertisement (see sidebar) shows up which is completely contrary to this website. I’m banning them, one by one. That’s where I found letsactnow.org.
I’ll admit, they are acting rationally for people who believe the end of the world is nigh, but the shrill cries against hamburgers terrify me. Bad science always results in bad public policy, and good science usually results in bad public policy.
From their website:
Although upgrading appliances at home, installing solar panels on the roof, and switching to a hybrid car will surely reduce our contribution to global warming, not all of us are able to do that right away. So, what can we do? Wait for politicians to pass laws to save the planet? Hope that someone else will take care of the problem? Isn’t there something we can all do now to make a BIG difference?
“YES WE CAN! ACT NOW. TODAY”
Which do you think is more responsible for global warming: a gas-guzzling SUV, or a hamburger?
Surprise! It’s the burger! Hard to believe? A United Nations report demonstrated that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars, trucks, SUVs, trains, planes and ships in the world combined. How much more? An impressive 40% more.
Hmmm. “Wait for politicians to pass laws to save the planet?” Between the appeal to government as the solver of problems, and their fear of hamburgers, I would expect complete fascism should these people ever gain power.
Pollution is best handled as a tort.
Here’s their sensationalist video:
“Your diet has a direct effect on the environment, on wildlife, on people, on water, on the weather, and on the overall health of planet Earth . . . and every time you masturbate, God kills a kitten.”
Letsactnow.org must (should they think of it) consider the Europeans that slaughtered the American Buffalo to near extinction as unsung eco-heroes. Imagine the clouds of greenhouse gases those herds of millions of ungulates would otherwise have produced. Shall we complete the act by slaughtering all ungulates from the grasslands? If not, then removing hamburgers from one’s diet is unlikely to change the planet’s climate.