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Is Alcohol Killing Our Planet?

Posted by timothy on from the every-day-is-earth-day dept.

Andy_Spoo writes "Something that I've been trying to get an answer to: Is alcohol killing our planet? Alcohol is a byproduct of yeast, but another is CO2. As we all know (unless you've been asleep for years), CO2 is helping to warm our planet, sending us into destruction. So how much is the manufacture and consumption of alcohol contributing to the total world CO2 level? And don't forget that bars and pubs force beer through to their pumps using large compressed cylinders of CO2. Does anyone know?"

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  1. Bloody hell! by MrNaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    "There" ?

    Over THERE wherever the poster is from, THEIR education system is so bad that THEY'RE making repeated mistakes over and over. THERE needs to be an improvement in THEIR attitude towards THEIR literacy. As long as THERE exists a culture of flippancy towards being properly literate, THEIR children will always respond to people correcting THEIR use of language with indignant responses scoffing at the need to be accurate in the use of language. THEY'RE constantly talking about things like "evolution of language" and that THERE have been many changes in the use of words over history, but THEIR mistake stems from the fact that THEY'RE completely disregarding the difference between language evolving to meet different circumstances, and language devolving due to the apathy and ignorance of those who speak it.

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    1. Re:Bloody hell! by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

      (I'm SOOO going to mod-point hell for the above posts.)

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    2. Re:Bloody hell! by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Its naught spelled with awl capitols either. Language devolves, and people grammer wrong. Get used^H too it.

    3. Re:Bloody hell! by renegadesx · · Score: 4, Funny

      You need to relax dude, have a beer!

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    4. Re:Bloody hell! by darth+dickinson · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, you're going to the *special* hell, the one reserved for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.

    5. Re:Bloody hell! by SupremoMan · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, here in America the staple source of starch is French Fries.

    6. Re:Bloody hell! by Timmy+D+Programmer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Whoever wrote this article clearly doesn't realize they themselves breathe out as much CO2 as an entire microbrewery. For the sake of the environment, they can hold their breath while the rest of us enjoy our beer in peace.

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    7. Re:Bloody hell! by canonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

      BUT recall that methane has 20x the greenhouse gas potential of CO2, and I know some people who convert ethanol to methane at a disturbing rate.

    8. Re:Bloody hell! by interkin3tic · · Score: 4, Funny

      You need to relax dude, have a beer!

      At the very least, a cold, frosty one will cool you down what with all the global warming it just caused.

    9. Re:Bloody hell! by B3ryllium · · Score: 5, Funny

      Honestly, I had no idea that staples contained starch.

      I have a whole new respect for the lowly office supply cabinet now.

    10. Re:Bloody hell! by binarybum · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sounds like a nice warm place.

        hell or the children's pants?

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  2. Perfect opportunity for a Simpson's quote by Bezultek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alcohol - The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

  3. are our childrens learning? by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    is aliens probing us rectally?

    is beer causing global warming farts?

    how is babby formed?

    issues are the complicated. i try to thinks hard abouts them when i'm on the toilets. and i push reals hard and out come deep thoughts like: pubs cause global warming

    i am the smarts type person with the deeply thinking type stuff

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  4. Re:No net change by NoPantsJim · · Score: 4, Funny

    First they came for my beer, and I said nothing.

    Shit, if they came for my beer I'd have one hell of a lot to say about the matter.

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  5. Is Alcohol Killing Our Planet? by Hojima · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd have to say alcohol is the solution to saving our planet. As a very short friend of mine once said, all you have to do is:

    1. Drink excessive amounts of liqueur
    2. ???
    3. ???

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    1. Re:Is Alcohol Killing Our Planet? by compro01 · · Score: 4, Funny

      But if alcohol is the solution, it is also the cause!

      WE'RE DOOMED NO MATTER WHAT WE DO!!!!!!!!!!!

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    2. Re:Is Alcohol Killing Our Planet? by box4831 · · Score: 5, Funny

      1. Drink excessive amounts of liquor
      2. Too drunk to drive
      3. Less CO2!
      4. ???
      5. Profit?

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  6. Re:No more than cattle? WTF? by Albanach · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of the easiest things you can do to help the environment is consume less beef & dairy products.

    Surely the best way for me to reduce the number of cattle is for me to eat more of them?

    Steak anyone?