JohnRich 4 #1 April 21, 2009 Story:Fatties cause global warming Scientists warned that the increase in big-eaters means more food production — a major cause of CO2 gas emissions warming the planet. Overweight people are also more likely to drive, adding to environmental damage. It means an extra BILLION TONNES of CO2 a year is created, according to World Health Organisation estimates of overweight people...Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2387203.ece Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HillerMyLife 0 #2 April 21, 2009 Stating that using fewer resources will result in less CO2 emissions is kind of stating the obvious isn't it? Unless this is a joke, I think the real question is how long did it take them to come to that conclusion?Someday Never Comes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beachbum 0 #3 April 21, 2009 heeeyyyyyyy now ... just 'cause I'm skinny doesn't mean I can't eat a lot too!!!As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VTmotoMike08 0 #4 April 21, 2009 Sounds like another reason to enact a fat tax Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #5 April 21, 2009 Fatties are good for the environment. 300 pounds of fat constitute a nice little carbon sink. All that fat is composed of C-H chains stored nicely in the gut, thighs and ass. So when that person takes a dirt nap, all that carbon in nicely sequestered irf properly disposed of in a genuine sugar pine piano case. In a few million years, they become oil that environmentalists can bitch about. We'll have been through some warm periods and a few ice ages. Plate tectonics will have ironically put the remnants of their carcasses in the Middle Eastan and Arabs will be driving their Mercedes-Benz Warp Fliers to and from Venus, where the American infidels have been mining the smelliest substance in the Universe - plutonium. We know it is stinky so much it is abbreviated "PU." My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,396 #6 April 21, 2009 The simple answer - mandatory liposuction with the fat rendered and turned into glycerin (for making soap) and biodiesel. We get fuel, the fatties get to eat all the chili cheese fries with extra ketchup they want. I can see no possible downside to this. (Other than your car's exhaust will smell like fat people instead of french fries.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #7 April 21, 2009 QuoteAll that fat is composed of C-H chains stored nicely in the gut, thighs and ass. So when that person takes a dirt nap, all that carbon in nicely sequestered irf properly disposed of in a genuine sugar pine piano case. My solution to the auto exhaust problem in cities is to get joggers and bikers to closely follow cars. Their lungs will filter the air for us, and there are certainly enough of both groups in the Denver area to get a good start on the program. I've had joggers hit my car because they think they deserve more of the intersection than I've given them, and I've had bikers yell obscenities at me because they think they have the right-of-way when they don't. So I wouldn't feel too bad for either group getting lung cancer.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HillerMyLife 0 #8 April 21, 2009 I never thought about it that way. Still, its hard to argue for using more resources when using less will suffice just the same. I don't disagree with the science so much, just the need to state it out loud.Someday Never Comes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #9 April 21, 2009 Every jogger should be exhausted during a run. Sweet!!! My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #10 April 21, 2009 Quote Every jogger should be exhausted during a run. Did you convert to Confucianism or something? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Butters 0 #11 April 21, 2009 QuoteThe simple answer - mandatory liposuction with the fat rendered and turned into glycerin (for making soap) and biodiesel. We get fuel, the fatties get to eat all the chili cheese fries with extra ketchup they want. I can see no possible downside to this. (Other than your car's exhaust will smell like fat people instead of french fries.) Wow, I read a short story when I was younger with this plot ..."That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #12 April 21, 2009 Well, I was conceived in a car with an automatic transmission. My parents were unmarried. According to Confucius I was a shiftless bastard. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #13 April 21, 2009 (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idrankwhat 0 #14 April 21, 2009 Quote Fatties are good for the environment. 300 pounds of fat constitute a nice little carbon sink. All that fat is composed of C-H chains stored nicely in the gut, thighs and ass. So when that person takes a dirt nap, all that carbon in nicely sequestered irf properly disposed of in a genuine sugar pine piano case. This is an interesting point however it doesn't take into consideration the inefficiency of the production of the "animal" in question. Fossil fuel energy input to protein output in the meat production industry ranges from 4:1 to 54:1 with chicken and turkey on the left side of the scale and lamb and beef on the right (grain production is closer to 3:1). In addition, each kilogram of beef produced requires about 100,000 liters of water. Now considering that that animal that you're "sequestering" has been raised on such an extraordinarily inefficient flow of energy I'm not sure that the potential energy recovered in the form of fossil fuel derived via their decomposition will prove sufficiently adequate to justify the energy necessary for production. Of course, in a few million years I'm sure that the engines will be much more efficient w/r/t output. Of course the shortened lifespan of the aforementioned critter may also need to be factored into the equation. The shortened lifespan would result in reduced consumption which should increase the net value of the resource. It's a mass balance nightmare that I just won't be able to solve this week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #15 April 21, 2009 Quoteheeeyyyyyyy now ... just 'cause I'm skinny doesn't mean I can't eat a lot too!!! As a skinny person you ought to be able to sell some carbon credits to the fatties, and make some money off your slim physique. If they want to eat a cheesecake, they ought to have to pay you something to offset their gluttony. Right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmyfitz 0 #16 April 21, 2009 I heard this really BIG girl refer to herself as "luxuriously built". I about fell off my chair laughing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #17 April 21, 2009 QuoteI heard this really BIG girl refer to herself as "luxuriously built". I about fell off my chair laughing. Does that make her the Cadillac of women?Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #18 April 21, 2009 Quote I heard this really BIG girl refer to herself as "luxuriously built". I about fell off my chair laughing. I have got to stop drinking beverage's while reading these damn forums.Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #19 April 21, 2009 Quote According to Confucius I was a shiftless bastard. Wise man, that Confucius. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #20 April 22, 2009 QuoteWell, I was conceived in a car with an automatic transmission. My parents were unmarried. According to Confucius I was a shiftless bastard. My God, I've found someone with worse jokes than mine. Teach me!"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #21 April 22, 2009 I believe it was Willie Dixon that commented, "I'm not built for speed I'm built for comfort." This along with another tune titled, "300 pounds of heavenly joy." This is it. This is it. Look what you get. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #22 April 24, 2009 Yeah, problem with luxury cars is that sometimes things get lost in the cushions. Good luck finding that!Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites