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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Doug
Date: Sep 8, 2008 00:39

On 8 Sep, 08:32, Tony Dragon btinternet.com> wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>> On 7 Sep, 22:18, "Brimstone" yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Doug wrote:
>>>> On 7 Sep, 08:10, "Graculus" hotmail.co.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
>>>>>news:ccb4b601-3da9-4c3c-bc28-b723879f6adf@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>> 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?
>>>>> 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.
>>>> 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.
>
>> But you and others here keep banging on about airfreighted food, which
>> is but a small subset of food in general.
>
>> BTW I counted at least five non-transport related threads posted by
>> others, not me, on the first page alone. The word 'hypocrites' springs
>> quickly to mind.
>
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> Would you list those threads please?
>
Why? Do you have an eyesight problem?

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