Thank you so much for introducing your readers to the "Carbon Footprint Concept" (Ideas, March 18). The suggestions from the UNCG students were terrific except for one misconception. Cattle, goats and sheep have a remarkable ability to turn extremely low-quality forage into extremely high-quality protein that provides a couple of particular amino acids that it's hard to eat enough soybeans to digest directly.
Surprisingly, cattle, as ruminant digesters, are the most efficient at this. It takes more energy to make those essential amino acids and eat enough soybeans to get them than to get the same protein from beef.
Plant a tree. Recycle. Use less hot water. Wear sweaters and long-johns and put less heat in the house.
And have fewer babies, worldwide.
John R. Dykers Jr.
Siler City
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"Plant a tree. Recycle. Use less hot water. Wear sweaters and long-johns and put less heat in the house."
"And have fewer babies, worldwide."
...and buy more of algore's carbon credits.
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March 31, 2007 7:37 AM
Silly Neo, the rules don't apply to elites, just us. Algore wants us to ride the bus and wear sweaters with the thermostat set at 60 degrees. Meanwhile his home uses 20 times the electricity of an average home and he flies around on jets to preach his message.
Ditto for John Edwards. He visited Greensboro a few weeks ago in a hybrid, only to return to his $6 million energy guzzling estate.
The hypocrisy of these guys is amazing.
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March 31, 2007 12:24 PM
But...but...Dan, it takes a lot of traveling around in jets spewing that aromatic CO2 to sel...ahem...inform the masses of the benefits of purchasing algore's carbon credits.
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March 31, 2007 3:17 PM