Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices

Stating the obvious: "Two scientists write that obese people are disproportionately responsible for high food prices and greenhouse gas emissions because they consume 18% more food energy due to their greater body mass -- and require increased quantities of fuel to transport themselves and the food they eat. 'Promotion of a normal distribution of BMI would reduce the global demand for, and thus the price of, food,' write the authors, Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts of the evocatively named London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine."

Comments

Re:Corn

[nospam007]

It is perfectly possible to go through an entire day without any corn or corn byproducts.

Your eggs, chicken, animal parts, beef, cheese came from animals fed almost only with corn.

Re:And on the plus side. of plus-size..

[mvdwege]

As far as addiction goes, nicotine's one of the nastiest substances out there, except for morphines.

Bullshit. Absolute, unmitigated, smelly bullshit.

Try this thought experiment: I continue with my two/three pipes a day tobacco habit (and I smoke English-style flakes, high in nicotine content), while you start three-shots-a-day of the drug of your choice. In two weeks, we both quit cold turkey. Do you want to bet which one of us will have the most problems?

Thought so.

Mart

Re:And on the plus side. of plus-size..

[mvdwege]

Don't make me fucking laugh. Nicotine is about as addictive as coffee. The detox effects are two/three days of mild dizziness and concentration problems, that's it. And you think that compares to cocaine? Or worse than LSD? Are you stupid?

I'll make you a bet. You take 3 hits of LSD for two weeks, and then we both go cold turkey. Are you ready to put your money where your mouth is?

Mart