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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: BrianW
Date: Sep 8, 2008 01:08

On 8 Sep, 08:39, Doug riseup.net> wrote:
> 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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>>>http://www.worldcarfree.net/
>>> Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K.
>
>> Would you list those threads please?
>
> Why? Do you have an eyesight problem?
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