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Hence my proposal: a solution for reducing the greenhouse effect is to have more people on the planet! :)

More cows might be quicker and more efficient! :-)  :-)

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Feb 6th, 2011 at 03:20:34 PM EST
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and extending dairy farming will generally be a major net negative in GHG terms (cf New Zealand over the last decade : the rise in dairy prices has increased dairy acreage hugely, and it's an environmental catastrophe)

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
by eurogreen on Mon Feb 7th, 2011 at 02:42:39 AM EST
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Both proposals were of the "black humor" sort.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Feb 7th, 2011 at 12:19:10 PM EST
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A better approach would be to seek the collapse of agriculture, in which case land recently adopted for crops would return to their original wooded nature. This worked in New England, and could work in Europe, Asia, and South America as well.

Minor problem of food solved by Soylent Green.

by asdf on Sun Feb 13th, 2011 at 03:45:21 PM EST
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