‘environment’


Driving on Meat

December 27th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

I would rather eat than drive this car.

One of the biggest complaint that vegan and vegetarian environmentalists have against meat-eating is that eating it causes a huge amount of waste.  Well, for those of you who have been avoiding meat for that very reason will soon be able to get back on the meat wagon.  Well actually the meat car.

You see, Tyson, the largest meat company in the world, has decided to get into the diesel-making business with a company called Syntroleum.  This effort will use meat fats that were just going to be dumped and actually turn them into diesel.  The key is that this waste was already going to be created and now has the potential to not be waste at all. Continue Reading»


Eat Tofu, Kill Earth

February 19th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Now that is a band.

Once upon a time there was a group of people called vegans.  Among other things, these people claimed that their diet was better for the environment than eating meat.  Had they been right, the world would be a much different place, but luckily for us, they were wrong.  In fact, they eventually learned that their diet was actually worse for the environment than eating meat. Continue Reading»


Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

The taste of skiing?

Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State.  No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries.  While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery.  The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.

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