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red states rule
12-25-2008, 03:49 PM
The insanity never stops with these people. No matter what you do in life, according to the envioro wackos - you are contributinmg to the destruction of the planet


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Festive feasts 'contributing to climate change'

Wasted food at Christmas time is now being highlighted as an environmental problem.

Jon Dee, the chairman of Do Something, says gases from leftover food rotting in landfill are 20 times more potent than the carbon pollution from car exhausts.

Mr Dee says there are simple ways to avoid over-catering at Christmas and damaging the environment.

"Australians waste more than 3 million tonnes of food every year and of course a lot of that food is wasted at Christmas," he said.

"It's really basic. Draw up a shopping list and stick to it and try and not cook more than you need, and if you do have leftovers you can always put it in tupperware and freeze it."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/24/2454262.htm?section=australia

5stringJeff
12-25-2008, 08:42 PM
Wait a minute... food biodegrades. More to the point, it rots, and is eaten by flies, roaches, etc. at the bottom of the food chain. Isn't this the type of waste the enviromentalists want us to produce? I understand the point about not overcatering a meal, but gimme a break. Would he rather we throw out 3 million tons of non-biodegrading plastics?