PETA's theory on global warming, it's the meat!

Has someone over there at PETA headquarters been smoking up? It would seem that the animal rights group and others believe that meat is causing global warming.

Yes, that's right. By using United Nations research showing the meat industry is worse for the environment than driving and flying, they are organising a campaign against Mr. Environmentalist, former American Vice-President Al Gore.

When he delivers a lecture on global warming in Denver next month, protestors will display billboards showing a cartoom image of Mr. Gore eating a drumstick and the message: "Too chicken to go vegetarian? Meat is the No 1 cause of global warming."

PETA spokesperson Matt Prescott:
"For Al Gore, the fact that his diet is a leading contributor to global warming is a highly inconvenient truth - pun intended."

These groups are unhappy because Al did not highlight the impact of meat-eating in his movie, An Inconvenient Truth.

The recent UN Food and Agriculture Organisation research report showed that animal agriculture generates 18 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions - more than the 13.5 per cent produced by all forms of transport combined.

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First, they want less driving, so we try to buy better fuel-efficient vehicles and use mass transit. Second, they want less flying. I doubt you can really do anything unless there are new aircraft that are more efficient, faster, and produce less pollution. Plus how can you compare with flying to London from New York in about 6-7 hours versus several days by cruise ship? Now, they want us to go veggie.

If this keeps up, we'll get animal protestors going nuts outside of major steakhouse chains and eateries. Of course, it would be fun to watch cooks and owners use their kitchen cultery to chase them away.

What else can we do? Resort to cannibalism? Any PETA members available? Kidding!! I kid, I kid!