Comments:UN scientist: Eat less meat to tackle climate change

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ROFL what next? If we stop breathing it will save the planet from a "global warming" catastrophe!? Silly nutjobz, you don't have the science to back up your "science" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.189.46.71 (talk) 23:39, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Two things

1) The greatest minds at the United Nations best solution to take climate change/global warning is not eating meat? 2) PETA is going run an other BS ad on how not to eat meat and saved the hearth. --KDP3 (talk) 09:12, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Big surprise

Big surprise that a strict vegitarian would come to such a conclusion. How did he become in charge of the IPCC? He wasn't open to what the science might show, he already had in the back of his mind what was 'evil'. --SVTCobra 12:39, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

SVTCobra, It has been proven that meat farming has high greenhouse emissions and it is great to see someone as high up as Pachauri saying this. Sure he is a vegetarian, but as a meat eater (I presume you eat meat, based on your above comment) you had probably decided that meat eating is right. Anonymous101^talk 19:58, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Wow...

Why are we still giving so much money to these clowns in the UN? Just stop giving them money and they just might go away. That's a stretch though, they might just turn their thermostat up or down a few more degrees so they can be in the news during an election year. 68.189.148.241 13:55, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

What?

For once a person from the UN makes a valid point and everyone starts criticising them. People need to accept the truth: eating meat harms the planet. Anonymous101^talk 20:00, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Maybe burning less fuel, recycle more, use green energy like Wind instead Oil it a valid point. He has a agenda and UN scientist that has high pay grad, and he say don't eat meat? Come on Anonymous telling people to change their diet will never change climate change. Since most of the world survive on meat.--KDP3 (talk) 22:09, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Not eating meat does in fact burn less fuel, so by your own judgement, it's a "valid point" to try to get people to eat less meat. The "production" of meat (raising an animal, growing & transporting the food & water for the animal, the process of slaughtering & packing, transporting & preserving the animal) takes a very considerable amount of energy & fuel.

Oh, And not many people "survive on meat" actually; it's just a component of most people's diets, without which, they would still "survive". Wikidsoup (talk) 01:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

people need to accept the truth You sound like you are preaching a religion. --SVTCobra 20:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

SVT, how does asking someone to accept a fact sound like preaching a religion? Wikidsoup (talk) 01:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Ridiculous

This is ridiculous. Where does this UN bureaucrat think he got the right to tell people what to eat. Its bad enough that the UN started the War on Iraq and its sister organization the WTO has been working to raise taxes and increase the recognition of imaginary property. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.254.212.46 (talk) 14:41, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Cue misrepresentations and people saying "this won't solve the problem" and people claiming that he said it would, which he didn't. PS: signing comment 85.19.203.74 10:09, 9 September 2008 (UTC)