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A Cheeseburger's Carbon Footprint

openthefuture.com — It's pretty damn big. Americans should cut back on the cheeseburger diets. It doesn't just make you fat.

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  • merrickx, on 07/23/2008, -9/+54Americans should but no one else...
    • schuder, on 07/23/2008, -9/+20Yeah ***** that, they taste good. Esp with bacon, though in fairness bacon makes everything good.
      • septicmadman, on 07/23/2008, -1/+11http://baconsalt.com/
      • marx2k, on 07/23/2008, -0/+4septicmadman: At first I laughed because I thought that was a clever, funny site. Now I'm just depressed because it's real.

        "Everything should taste like bacon"...creepy
      • pbone, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1haha. it's even kosher certified!
      • danomagnum, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1mmm... the baconator.... mmm...
    • hmunkey, on 07/23/2008, -14/+10Americans probably eat the large majority of all cheeseburgers on Earth.
      • xonkonog, on 07/23/2008, -3/+1and they keep dying from heart disease and cancer, I dont understand why? burgers taste so good.
      • raytibbitts, on 07/23/2008, -1/+4Jealous?

        (said in Jon Lovitz voice)
      • rex84, on 07/24/2008, -2/+3"Americans probably eat the large majority of all cheeseburgers on Earth."

        Yeah, probably. Americans probably eat the large majority of everything on Earth.

        Dumbass!
    • drib, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5I did a pretty big project last year comparing the carbon emissions of a New York City (all-beef) hot dog and a New York City taxi. It turned out the cab had 40% lower emissions than the hot dog. I mean in terms of creating the taxi and driving it as compared to raising the cow and creating x amount (I forgot how many per cow) hot dogs.

      There's your useless fun fact for the day, but it made me stop eating beef.
      • Chris63084, on 07/24/2008, -2/+2That's, ok, I'll eat more for you. mm mmmm!
  • YodaJones, on 07/23/2008, -13/+69Hmmm, let me see: Save the Earth or have a cheeseburger.... The Earth is so *****.
  • Babblin5, on 07/23/2008, -6/+22What about hotdogs? Are those okie dokie?
    • PopcornDave, on 07/23/2008, -0/+3What about Cheese fries? Cheese steaks? Wine and cheese? Where does it end?
      • dsgamer, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3it doesnt!

        muahhahahahahahahahahahahaha!
    • GoatMonkey2112, on 07/24/2008, -2/+3What a stupid article. Some vegetarian wants to show that eating meat is bad for the planet.

      Energy is going to be used for virtually everything you do. Get over it.

      You can't stop doing everything. The change has to come in the form of using different sources of energy.

      A bunch of dirty hippies are not going to change the world's behavior. Even if they did, it wouldn't be enough.
      • askantik, on 07/24/2008, -2/+2So pointing out the (obvious) inefficiency of meat, especially industrialized, factory-farmed meat, is being a dirty hippie? Ah, I'm glad I'm informed now. You're the same type of person who says we should just hang ourselves so we have no carbon footprint, right? The kind of person who hears something that they don't want to admit and they get mad.

        Yes, meat is usually bad for the environment. I guess pointing out that the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization wrote (in a report called Livestock's Long Shadow) that globally, livestock account for 18% of all greenhouse gas emissions, which is larger than all land, sea, and air travel combined. Additionally, the livestock industry produces 65% of human-related N2O, which has "296 times the global warming potential of CO2." But yeah, I'm some dirty hippie who tries to use propaganda, right?

        And sure, you can say that local meat or "hunted meat" isn't bad for the environment, but only ~5% of people in America over 16 have hunting licenses, and most people don't eat local meat ever, much less at every meal. Besides that, Outback and Applebee's don't serve local meat. Now I'll just wait for some turd to comment and say that without meat you can't get enough protein. 'Cause I've never heard that one before, either.

        And finally, you're genius observance: "Energy is going to be used for virtually everything you do. Get over it." Really? Ha! I hadn't thought of that before. In all seriousness, it's call energy webs and food chains. The higher on the food chain you eat, the less energy efficient it is. Ever wonder why there's no carnivore as big as an elephant? Or why the largest primates are herbivores? Ah, yes... the beauty of rudimentary logical thinking!
      • GoatMonkey2112, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4860344067 ...

        Watch that first.

        This may shock you, but Al Gore, the inventor of the internet, is not a scientist, and he (among many others) is manipulating information to further his political agenda. Now, it could be possible that he has no idea that he's doing it for the wrong reasons, but it's happening anyway.

        I'm not extremely worried about greenhouse gases from livestock. The world has been highly populated by large herds of buffalo and other animals for millions of years without exceeding the planet's ability to correct any possible problem.

        What we actually need to do instead of worrying about the details of how much energy is used to make a hamburger is to make that energy clean and renewable.

        I want clean energy because I don't want to breathe the crap in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels for energy. Nothing to do with global warming.

        Recycling makes sense too. Mostly because I don't want us to run out of plastic. It's great stuff. There's no reason to stick it back in the ground when we could use it again. I don't really care if it biodegrades or not. That just means that someone can pick it up later and recycle it at that point. Today's landfills are tomorrows goldmines.

        You don't see elephants using computers either. If humans were the same size as elephants you'd have a point. There are carnivores that weigh the same or more than humans.
      • GoatMonkey2112, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1Broken link.

        http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4860344067 ...
    • sturmgiest, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0I skimmed the article. Pondered how someone could be so stupid as to take some badly calculated statistics they pulled out of their ass claiming how horrible cheeseburgers are for the environment. Read some comments. Closed the tab, realized I forgot to bury it, reopened it and buried it.
  • HerbertWest, on 07/23/2008, -4/+75I'm sorry but these people need to stop beating around the bush and just admit what they really think: Humans are bad for the planet.
    • Tomboys, on 07/23/2008, -2/+20teehehehehehe That is so true. We suck!
    • FrapFreak, on 07/23/2008, -0/+7This comment is full of win.
    • xonkonog, on 07/23/2008, -4/+4to many humans are bad for the planet.
      • enotswhat, on 07/23/2008, -2/+1we need to ramp up abortions?


        what i s the carbon footprint on that?

        don't go to a Planned Parenthood

        hit up a local dry cleaners
      • rex84, on 07/24/2008, -2/+2You're right. I nominate you as the person who decides who lives and who dies, because you're so smart.
    • kronik, on 07/24/2008, -2/+5Not humans in general, just industrial humans.
    • Chris63084, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2But what would the world be without us? There would be no one to appreciate the beauty of what we slowly destroy. (That is, assuming this whole climate change thing isn't just a natural cycle of the earth. We haven't been here all that long, you know. The earth is a few hundred billion years older...I think it'll be ok.)
    • skid666, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1http://www.metacafe.com/watch/606881/earth_has_a_b ...
    • caponumen, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2If we don't survive with our technology, the earth is certainly doomed in any case.
      We are the cure, not the disease. Those of you that feel otherwise are more than welcome to take the cowards way out. Those of you that insist we survivors do the same should expect a ferocious fight to the death........
  • louiebaur, on 07/23/2008, -3/+24Man that just made me hungry I think i have some white castles in the freezer:-)
  • cmar618, on 07/23/2008, -6/+102Yeah, over here in America, all we eat is cheeseburgers. It's like a goddamn cheeseburger party day and night.
    • AmyVernon, on 07/23/2008, -2/+21well, it is in my house.
    • bubbameister33, on 07/23/2008, -1/+14With bacon.
    • darkha1f, on 07/23/2008, -1/+5icanhascheezeburger?
    • moviscop, on 07/23/2008, -0/+4brb gaiz, going to in-n-out.
    • rex84, on 07/24/2008, -0/+7There's even hot chicks in cheeseburger bikinis, eating cheeseburgers, at the cheeseburger parties.

      All hail the Hamburglar, robble robble.
  • snea, on 07/23/2008, -4/+29Thank goodness I only eat plain hamburgers (no chz plz)
    • rblancarte, on 07/23/2008, -0/+10Like you, I am doing all I can for the environment.
  • BigManOnCampus, on 07/23/2008, -4/+57This is so biased, I'd like to know what the carbon footprint of a European sausage fest is.

    /yes, it's a double-entendre.
  • ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -0/+30Fuzzy mathematics -- the stats are based on the full U.S. population. This means newborn babies are factored in as well as retirement home dwellers, and for sake of argument, vegetarians. Most Americans aren't eliminating the cheeseburger from their diet especially since it's on McD's $1 menu. Instead we can focus on improving the current process used to deliver all material goods.
    • bipolarruledout, on 07/24/2008, -2/+3It's not about ELIMINATING anything in particular from your diet. It's better to simple recognise what isn't good for the planet (or your waistline for that matter) and thinking about weather you want to be part of the solution. It's not that big a deal to cut out meat for a one or more lunches a week. After you do that then move on from there.... or not, it's still an improvement even if it's small. No one is asking you to change your lifestyle or the world overnight.
  • bmph8ter, on 07/23/2008, -3/+15So now I can't even eat what I enjoy? That sucks. If I ride my bike to work (I do) will that balance it out?
    • Densetsu, on 07/23/2008, -12/+2I'm by no means a carbon footprint nazi, but that makes no sense. Yeah, it'll help to negate all the calories you ate, but it does nothing in reducing the carbon footprint of a burger.

      It's akin to saying "I ate a $5 meal from McD's that had 1000 calories, but found five bucks on the ground. So this won't make me fat."
      • r3negadeX, on 08/11/2008, -0/+6wtf?
      • treed, on 07/23/2008, -0/+3Biking instead of driving.
      • brycelb, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2It's akin to saying "I ate a $5 meal from McD's that had 1000 calories, but found five bucks on the ground. So this won't make me fat."

        I'm pretty sure this is not akin to what he was saying. Reading comprehension, look into it!
    • notjasonlee, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4only if your bike isn't made of cheeseburgers. it isn't made of cheeseburgers, right?
    • bipolarruledout, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1That's not it at all. Think about how much lower the impact would be if that cheeseburger was made from locally produced products and made fresh rather than frozen. Not only would it have a lower carbon footprint but it may even taste better and be better for you. It's also about moderation, maybe you don't need to be eating as many cheeseburgers as you do now.
      • Chris63084, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1You know what else would be nice?
        People in other countries not dying, and if the world was just rainbows and puppies. Unfortunately the world is not so nice or ideal. And, please read this more than once if you don't get this through your skull, IT WON'T BE. EVER. You know its true.
        The choice is clear, either a more controlled market(path of the communist), or keep a more open market(free trade, free market, freedom)
        Unless affecting laws is not what you're after, if you're trying to get people to "save the world" by not eating cheese burgers...damn you've got quite a persuasive way about you. Maybe you could send religious fundamentalists in the US and middle east a little letter to "cut it out" next...

        That said...nothing personal...except, of course, that you are NOT GOING TO GET MY GODDAMN CHEESEBURGER!!
        ....I can haz cheezburger?
  • blogofhilarity, on 07/23/2008, -0/+28Man, LOLcats can't catch a break.
  • nneader007, on 07/23/2008, -7/+30Weathermen can't predict 2 weeks into the future accurately.
    You want me to believe that my Carbon footprint from a cheeseburger effects the climate?

    Are people this stupid? (Don't answer that)

    • wunksta, on 07/23/2008, -17/+7you do realize that there are many processes that every part of that cheeseburger goes through?

      the cows, the plants, the industry, the transportation, the individuals involved. are you going to say that all of that, magnified a few hundred times, if not more, has NO affect on the environment? all of the business, farms, factories, cars, expanding farm lands, neighborhoods in no way effect the environment?

      maybe you should just step out of your little box and analyze the entire situation, not just "you getting a cheesburger".
      • shauncorleone, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1If we do stop eating cheeseburgers, gyms will no longer be necessary! Close them all!
        While we're cutting back on luxuries, do you realize how much of a carbon footprint is left by all those Apple Stores in the country? If we could just band together and refuse to buy any more iPods and Macbooks from Jobs and Co., we could significantly reduce our carbon footprint with all those stores shut down!

        Are you starting to get the point?
    • SSCrow, on 07/24/2008, -1/+4A friend of mine is climatologist and he stated that weatherman are the least skilled people in the field of studying climates, The people who actually know what they are doing are working for the government.
  • shogan191, on 07/23/2008, -4/+30The earth is here.
    I live on the earth.
    There will be foot prints.
    Leave my cheeseburger alone
    Back away from the table.
    • antonio97b, on 07/23/2008, -2/+3LEAVE MY CHEESEBURGER ALONE. PLEAAAAASE.
    • marx2k, on 07/23/2008, -3/+2Hey! Fatty! Leave that meat alone... we don't need no... carbon footprints,...
    • bipolarruledout, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3Fine. But if you believe the earth will "heal itself" then it probably will..... by extincting humans. If your not into saving the earth then it might suit you better to think about saving your ass... or at least your children's.
  • scotq, on 07/23/2008, -14/+7We as American's are so separated from the supply chain that we have no idea what destruction was wrought on the planet and the true cost of that cheeseburger really is for the environment. If all costs were weighed, you would be paying $35 for a cheeseburger, so asking people to cut out meat one meal a week is no big deal in the scheme of things...
    • Haoie, on 07/23/2008, -5/+2Trying tell people that today's a no meat day.

      You'll be surprised what might happen.
      • ddawggin, on 07/23/2008, -0/+9I won't be surprised, I'll go out and eat meat.
    • Otto, on 07/23/2008, -2/+6A meal that does not have meat is not a meal.

      And if it comes down to saving the planet or eating my burger, ***** the planet.

      You want to save the world, figure out another way.
      • mleh, on 07/23/2008, -5/+2Yes, heaven forbid someone change a miniscule part of their life in order to help others. The audacity!
      • Otto, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1If you want to change your life, then feel free to do so. Not my concern.

        But asking me to do anything to help you and your ***** nonsense is going too far.
    • heliox, on 07/23/2008, -2/+4Go die self-hater.
      That will save enough carbon that I can eat my burgers.
      • kayala, on 07/24/2008, -3/+1Was that really necessary? He's simply pointing out facts that you don't want to consider. There was no need to tell him to go die.
    • rex84, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2"If all costs were weighed, you would be paying $35 for a cheeseburger..."
      Source?
  • juscallmedobby, on 07/23/2008, -2/+3I make a mean turkeyburger!
    • antonio97b, on 07/23/2008, -0/+3If it's mean, it's probably not dead yet.
    • PopcornDave, on 07/23/2008, -0/+3Try using less beak next time.
  • madrigaelic, on 07/23/2008, -2/+3Story has been bouncing around since Jamais wrote it back in 06, I think. Jamais calls it the cheeseburger monster, or something like that, because it drives so much traffic to OTF.
    • jamaiscascio, on 07/23/2008, -1/+0"Cheeseburger steamroller," actually. Not just that it drives traffic to OtF, but that it's a meme that just has incredible force/inertia/momentum (much to my surprise). It's really taken on a life of its own -- I'm starting to see references to cheeseburger carbon footprints that make no connection to Open the Future (not in the ripoff sense, but in the "it's inescapable" sense).

      And I have no idea why it's suddenly back on Digg.
  • BaseballGuyCAA, on 07/23/2008, -5/+3Somewhere, Drew Bledsoe is gathering arms and ammo.
    http://tonyhomo.blogspot.com/
    • mrburgundy, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1that is in no way relevant, but is flippin hilarious. dugg.
  • Hetman, on 07/23/2008, -7/+9I was all for saving the environment and cutting back on pollution. I mean I do not want to live in a polluted world, who would? This has gone to far now. I have had enough. This is just insane. Telling me what I can and cannot eat. Whats next telling me when I can and can not take a *****? Seriously I wouldn't want my farts and ***** to cause the environment any harm. Environmentalist should just come out and say what they want to say. Every human should kill themselves. Because basically that seems to be what they are saying these days.
    • TheMachine1, on 07/23/2008, -6/+5No you can eat all the beef you want. Its just not the most environmentally sustainable way to feed yourself much less the entire planet.
      • Otto, on 07/23/2008, -4/+8If it's not environmentally sustainable, then too ***** bad for the environment.

        Pass the ketchup.
      • kayala, on 07/24/2008, -2/+3I hope you won't miss clean air, potable water, and greenery once they're gone, because if we all had an attitude like that, you probably wouldn't be enjoying those luxuries for much longer.
    • PopcornDave, on 07/23/2008, -2/+7"Environmentalist should just come out and say what they want to say. Every human should kill themselves. Because basically that seems to be what they are saying these days."

      The best way is to lead by example, right?
    • marx2k, on 07/23/2008, -2/+3Relax, dude. No one is pulling the burger from your hands. It's an article giving you information, not telling you what to do.
    • EarlOfLade, on 07/23/2008, -5/+3You sounds like a creationist who has no idea what you are talking about...

      The point is to make small adjustments that over time and population has a greater impact on the environment.
      Rather than eating 5 cheeseburger per day, you can cut down to one (per week ;-) ), it would help you lose the extra 200 lbs of fat and lower the carbon footprint.

      But, typically, right winger are off the chart in stupidity, so your points were expected.
    • bipolarruledout, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1Most of the world either doesn't eat meat or eats significantly less then we do. Most people are obsessed with meat and protein and the fact of the mater is you can get plenty of protein in your diet without even trying. Most meat isn't very good for you anyway so your doing yourself a favor as well.
  • OffPiste, on 07/23/2008, -5/+18Keep your ***** hands off my burger.
  • bugzcar, on 07/23/2008, -2/+10People eat, thats kinda how it goes. Seems to me the problem is more the booming population more than anything.
    • Kenzan, on 07/23/2008, -1/+7Exactly.
      Leave my Cheezeburgerz alone, and stop POOPING OUT 16 F'ing KIDS!
      I'm looking at YOU, India!
      • marx2k, on 07/23/2008, -2/+5India's not really big on beef.
      • rex84, on 07/24/2008, -1/+4@marxist: No *****, but they're huge on pooping out 16 kids.
  • robodork, on 07/23/2008, -1/+9carbon footprints sure must taste good then
  • twitchr, on 07/23/2008, -1/+12You'll have to pry my cheeseburger from my cold, dead hands.
  • Nysul, on 07/23/2008, -4/+20Wow this is getting ridiculous. Just to piss these people off I'm going to eat extra cheeseburgers.
    • skyshock1, on 07/23/2008, -1/+4+1

      Big, sloppy, Hardee's Thickburgers even.
      • dsgamer, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2an ultimate double whooper for me!
      • rex84, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4Yeah, made from cows that drive Hummers.
  • fakekevinrose, on 07/23/2008, -2/+6ooh, carbon footprint, a delicate spice on my cheddar burger
  • breaker01, on 07/23/2008, -8/+3haha americans are fat amirite guys???
  • antonio97b, on 07/23/2008, -4/+13Why do I care about the carbon footprint a cheeseburger makes? I like them. I'll eat them. I don't mind getting CFL lights for my home or turning down the thermostat a few degrees, but that is about as far as I'll go. I'm refuse to not eat something based on a carbon footprint. It just wont make any difference. Most people think like me so why bother?
    • marx2k, on 07/23/2008, -4/+6Why bother what? If most people think like you, no one's bothering anyway
      • antonio97b, on 07/24/2008, -2/+2Right. That's what I'm saying.
      • kayala, on 07/24/2008, -3/+4What, that you can't be bothered to cut down from ten cheeseburgers a day to one or two a week? Eating that much isn't good for your body or for the environment it occupies. Baby steps!
      • antonio97b, on 07/24/2008, -2/+3Oh *****, you made a fat joke because I said I like cheeseburgers.

        Pulling out the big guns now I see. I better watch out.
      • alkajazz, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1Or maybe she is concerned for your health? But lets be serious here, if you eat 10 cheese burgers a day you're in bad shape.
    • shauncorleone, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Everybody has their own tipping point. Mine just happened to be found much earlier, at the "you need to buy a hybrid" and "turn your thermostat down even though the temperature's comfortable" point.
  • tnoy, on 07/23/2008, -4/+7Intereseting, but its still not going to keep me from eating, and enjoying, a bacon cheeseburger.
  • Kenzan, on 07/23/2008, -2/+11I think I'll go over to McDonalds and purchase 100 double cheezeburgers from the $1 value menu.
    Yes..Yes..that should provide adequate sustenance for the Dr. Who marathon.
  • gregdogum, on 07/23/2008, -1/+6My foots print is bigger than that.
  • bigsteve3OOO, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1lets kill all the cows and stop this madness
  • dampeal, on 07/23/2008, -5/+5Who cares.. I'll be dead before anything drastic happens to the Earth anyway, you'll have to pry that cheeseburger from my cold dead fingers!
    • mleh, on 07/23/2008, -1/+4Yeah, because nobody has any kids or anything!

      Oh wait...
  • jamessavik, on 07/23/2008, -7/+11no can has cheeseburger? fuk that brain-washed enviro-nazi

    How about all the nasty methane farts from you vegetarians? Methane is 400% worse than the dreaded CO two as a greenhouse gas so put a cork in it *****.
    • Michiko280, on 07/24/2008, -1/+3If you were interested in decreasing the amount of methane pumped into the environment, you'd be vegan. Guess how much methane comes from the animals used for food? That's right...they fart too.
  • jamessavik, on 07/23/2008, -10/+18Buried as enviro-nazi propaganda
  • slayernine, on 07/23/2008, -0/+3Surprise surprise food creates a lot of waste. Did anyone else notice they forgot to factor in all of the other ways an SUV contributes to carbon dioxide pollution other than the fuel it uses in one year. Or the cost of getting that fuel into the SUV because they went into the "total carbon cost" of the burger and not the SUV. Thanks but no thanks with you one side weighted articles that don't use proper scientific methods of comparison.
    • jpmoney03, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Also what food am I supposed to eat that would be better than a cheeseburger. It might not be that much worse than other things.
  • slayernine, on 07/23/2008, -6/+1Can I has cheesburger?


    NO!
  • rob2oo4, on 07/23/2008, -3/+6"Now that is a tasty burger"
    -Samuel Jackson
    • FredFredrickson, on 07/23/2008, -0/+3Royale with cheese!
      • minorgods, on 07/23/2008, -0/+4Big Kahunaburger.
        Royal with Cheeze is european. no carbon footprint because they use the metric system.
  • twomeyw23334, on 07/23/2008, -4/+7The U.N wrote a report that listed the major causes of human contribute greenhouse gases, our meat eating habits were number 1, followed by transportation, and then manufacturing. Of course, I'm still waiting for all the enviro alarmists to convert to vegetarians. Apparently the solution is only more government mandates, regulation and overall more dictation over our lives, but God forbid the same people promote forced change make a personal change in their own lives.
    I personally think the only real solution is to kill fat alarmists as they are obviously causing more CO2 production. I would say anyone equal or larger to Al Gore should be ground up for burgers. This will a) kill some humans (and humans are bad for the planet) b) get rid of some annoying alarmists c) provide us with burgers while simultaneously helping reduce CO2, until we run out of fat enviro freaks that is and d) start to force enviro alarmists not to be hypocrites.
    Please, no one take this comment too seriously.
  • geoffg, on 07/23/2008, -10/+9Liberal Fascism.
  • simonsez21, on 07/23/2008, -5/+6A cheeseburger is no different from any other food item. You could have done it on tic tacs, which are minute, and the carbon footprint would be just as big. So that begs the question, who gives a *****?
  • jonthefisherman, on 07/23/2008, -4/+5***** you iz likes a chezburger
  • Doomba, on 07/23/2008, -4/+4Let's worry about the whole oil thing first, then we can focus on the ***** cheeseburgers.
    • bipolarruledout, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3Actually if we focused on our food chain it would in fact reduce oil use. It's all top down when it comes to oil.
  • BrianGarceau, on 07/23/2008, -3/+8The earth has been around for billions of years. I think it can handle car exhaust and cheese burgers. Humanity is merely a rash on the planet, which should clear up shortly.
  • asdfasdfasdfasd, on 07/23/2008, -1/+7I foresee lots of liberal, big Government politicians trying this angle to regulate the fast food industry. In south central L.A. they've banned the construction of new restaurants. I think the best they'll get is new taxes on foods deemed too unhealthy. I love Government.
  • teh_techie, on 07/23/2008, -3/+6I am eating a cheeseburger as I type this. I will be done in a few moments, but by the time the comment is no longer edible, I will be eating another...
    • zombies187, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2'editable' ...or did you mean the cheeseburger?
      • teh_techie, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2lol... editable indeed. Guess I got carried away while eatin' mah chez-burger
  • opiter, on 07/23/2008, -3/+8I like how he calculates the total effect of the cheeseburger. Now he should calculate the footprint caused by his network server as a result of everybody logging on to read his dumb ass blog about a god damned cheeseburger!
  • jgjonola, on 07/23/2008, -4/+7Holy crap this guy is brainwashed! Relax a bit, man.

    Why do people hate themselves so much for living and enjoying life? Things will happen on this earth one way or another, bad and good. Whether you believe in a God or not, either God will work it out or nature will do the same. If we destroy the planet by eating cheeseburgers, so what? What is the worst that will happen? We all die. Then, we either go to another place, or just sit in a pine box, its gonna happen sometime anyway. I want to enjoy the ride while I get there!

    "It's not the years in your life, but the life in your years." It seems cliche to say that but damn if it isn't true.
    • wunksta, on 07/23/2008, -4/+1its about intelligently managing our society as to reduce the negative impacts and repercussions that can result from them

      your statement can be easily applied to the idea of polluting, that it shouldnt matter because "hey, whats the worst that can happen?"
  • danimal4326, on 07/23/2008, -1/+6"Welcome to McDonalds.. Would you like carbon offsets for your Big Mac?"
    • askantik, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2What? The carbon offset is 2 cents? ***** that.
    • shauncorleone, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Is that the new "would you like to make a donation to Make a Wish"?
  • highps3, on 07/23/2008, -4/+4For some reason I just dont care. Stop raping the planet of oil, and dumping endless amount of trash into landfills, and then worry about what a cheeseburger is doing. Sometimes we are so full of ourselves.
  • Fidget86, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1lolcats around the world are going to have to find something else they can has
  • TherealObadiah, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2Environazis, the moder day brown shirts. Why is it that these fascists are so determined to control every human being? They caused the fuel spike with their no drill, no nuke, no nothing appeals. These nazis told us paper grocery bags were bad and we must use recyclable plastic bags, oops, now plastic grocery bags are evil. Plastic water bottles are now evil. Cheeseburgers are evil.

    All hail Al Gore, high priest of Globull Warming, and his Nigerian carbon offset scam flunkies
    • wunksta, on 07/23/2008, -2/+1the fuel spike was actually caused by opec, oil cartels, speculation and the problems in the middle east, not by preventing drilling in america.

      secondly, while i dont agree with everything that environmentalists say, it is important to ensure that we manage and protect the places we live for our own benefit.
      • jgjonola, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Sure the spike was caused by the reasons you mention. The solution though is not to battle with them in the first place. If we supplied most of our own oil, what they did wouldn't effect our oil prices as drastically. So if we were independent from OPEC, oil cartels and the middle east in the first place, we wouldn't have the problem today. So let's start drilling now, it is not going to help in the short run but in the long run it will. We need more drilling, more refineries, and also more nuke, wind, solar and hydro plants.

        Then, we have no one to blame but ourselves. ;)
      • wunksta, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0we dont have enough oil to supply ourselves with, besides the oil cartels/opec/speculators control prices

        the main focus should be becoming independent of foreign sources of energy as you mentioned, which is easily attainable.
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