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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: BrimstoneBrimstone Date: Sep 7, 2008 14:18
Doug wrote:
> On 7 Sep, 08:10, "Graculus" hotmail.co.uk>
> wrote:>>> At first sight the motorists who dominate this transport newsgroup
>>> might think this thread is not transport related but consider this,
>>> a motorist who eats meat contributes about three times as much to
>>> global warming than someone who does neither.
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>> That is SO weak. How on earth is it transport related when all you
>> do is say "someone who participates in activity A and the completely
>> unrelated acivity B" has such-and-such an effect?
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>> Even at second sight, this is NOT transport related in any way at
>> all, and you are an extremely sad specimin to try to make it so.
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> How do you imagine that meat is transported and what about the
> vehicles involved in rearing meat?
The commodity is immaterial, the same amount of goods will need to be
transported. In fact, given that veg provides less than meat a higher volume
of vehicle movements would be need to provide a veggie diet for the whole
country.
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