"Dave" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 May 2008 09:16:58 +0200, "Edgar" said:

It is not the plants and animals that are hurting the environment...

Umm...ever hear of cows?

Yes, I quite like eating them and so do a lot of other people too.
So,if there were less people we would not need so many cows to provide food.
But there never seemed to be a climate problem arising from buffaloes when
N.America was swarming with them so I find it rather hard to believe that
cows are changing our climate now most of the buffaloes have been shot..
How many human beings put out CO2 equivalent to one cow? How many car
miles does it take to equal the 'greenhouse gases' resulting from one major
volcanic eruption?
I think global warming (assuming that longer term measurements confirm that
it is indeed happening) has provided the politicians with a heaven sent
opportunity to raise a whole lot of new taxes and claim to be doing it in
the interests of the planet.
And soon Al Gore and all his like thinking buddies will fly to somewhere
like (for instance) Bali to talk about it. How many cows would it need to
equal their gas output?
Sorry, but I remain unconvinced. The only thing I am sure about is that the
planet has too many human beings on it already..