Tuesday, January 27, 2009

UK’s National Health Service Plan: Vegetarian Diets and Walking to Surgery for Patients | DBKP - Death By 1000 Papercuts - DBKP
Of course they could just eliminate meat from the employee’s cafeteria. Hospitals usually have a staff to patient ratio in excess of 1 to 1, so you could save even more “carbon”. But then the staff would simply go the nearest McDonalds, leaving the patient alone with the boiled Brussels Sprouts and mash.
Investor's Business Daily -- Real Power In Washington Resides In Person Of Environmental Chief
If President Obama moves to classify carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant to be regulated by the EPA, as he pledged during the campaign, the change in policy could significantly alter the lives of Americans.

While the Clean Air Act has been legitimately and usefully used to combat ozone depletion, acid rain, pollution and smog, using it to curb greenhouse gases is about as good an idea as using a power drill to do brain surgery.

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