Climate Hypocrisy
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Deadly fungal infection 'Valley Fever' that kills one in 100 sufferers is spreading across the US 'because of climate change' — as hit zombie show 'The Last of Us' heightens fungi fears
- The infection is caused by a fungus typically endemic to the Southwest
- Researchers predict that by 2100, US case numbers will increase by 50 percent
- Spread is due to global warming, meaning more hot areas for the fungus to grow
By 2100, I'll likely have been dead 40 - 50 years.
Eco-warriors, look away! Seattle schoolboy, 17, exposes the carbon footprint of private jet-loving stars, tycoons and lawmakers... and their annual Co2 emissions are up to 300 TIMES the size of the average American's
- Akash Shendure created a system that tracks emissions of the world's wealthiest
- Recognizable names topping the list include Rupert Murdoch and Betsy Devos
- The worst was entrepreneur Tom Siebel, with Kim Kardashian also earning a spot
Minnesota Democrat lawmakers push ban on gas-powered lawn mowers, chainsaws to curb 'climate pollution'
Two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers are proposing a pair of bills that would significantly impact the state's backyards and neighborhood ice rinks in an effort to combat climate change.
State Reps. Jerry Newton and Heather Edelson, members of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, introduced legislation on Monday that would block the sale of common landscaping appliances like lawn mowers and chainsaws as well ice-resurfacing machines such as Zambonis, requiring that only electric battery versions be sold in the state starting Jan. 1, 2025.
The ban on lawn and garden equipment would include any machine that uses "a spark ignition engine rated at or below 19 kilowatts or 25 gross horsepower." Commonly used landscaping tools like lawn mowers, leaf blowers, hedge clippers, chainsaws, lawn edgers, string trimmers and brush cutters would all be prohibited by that definition.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Unilever is working on ways to “warm up its ice cream freezers in convenience stores without turning its products into puddles.” This quixotic endeavor is, we’re told, “part of a broader effort to pursue green goals and potentially boost sales in the process.” Warmer, softer ice cream that melts faster is going to boost sales? Well, maybe because after the whole thing runs down one’s hand in a gooey, sticky mess, some people will valiantly buy another ice cream and try again, but that’s not likely to be a high percentage of frozen delicacy consumers. Unilever doesn’t appear to have thought this through.
Heedless of the decline in quality that this heralds, Unilever is “testing the performance of its products in freezers that are set to temperatures of roughly 10 degrees Fahrenheit, up from the industry standard of zero.” This is going to make for kids’ broken hearts and sticky hands all over the country because Unilever “owns most of the 3 million chest-like freezers that house its ice-cream tubs and treats in bodegas and corner stores, and the energy used to power them accounts for around 10% of Unilever’s greenhouse gas footprint.”
Heating up the world’s ice cream will solve global warming and calm the apocalyptic fears of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Keeping ice cream at 10 degrees as opposed to zero will reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 20% to 30% per freezer.” If we all just develop a taste for melted ice cream, maybe this weary world will last beyond 2031.
There is no way to tell if Unilever believes its own nonsense or is just in it for the money—and apparently, there is money these days in melted green ice cream. The WSJ notes that Unilever hopes that its new warm ice cream freezers will “help sales with sustainability-minded consumers and even keep stores’ ice-cream selling season going longer.” Outgoing Unilever honcho Alan “Nope, Not A Dope” Jope explained: “What was happening was that shopkeepers in some markets responded to fears about rising energy costs by switching off their cabinets earlier than they otherwise would have done.” The solution? Why, hot ice cream, of course. That’ll sell like… puddles of sweet goop all over the floor.
Heedless of the decline in quality that this heralds, Unilever is “testing the performance of its products in freezers that are set to temperatures of roughly 10 degrees Fahrenheit, up from the industry standard of zero.” This is going to make for kids’ broken hearts and sticky hands all over the country because Unilever “owns most of the 3 million chest-like freezers that house its ice-cream tubs and treats in bodegas and corner stores, and the energy used to power them accounts for around 10% of Unilever’s greenhouse gas footprint.”
Heating up the world’s ice cream will solve global warming and calm the apocalyptic fears of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Keeping ice cream at 10 degrees as opposed to zero will reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 20% to 30% per freezer.” If we all just develop a taste for melted ice cream, maybe this weary world will last beyond 2031.
There is no way to tell if Unilever believes its own nonsense or is just in it for the money—and apparently, there is money these days in melted green ice cream. The WSJ notes that Unilever hopes that its new warm ice cream freezers will “help sales with sustainability-minded consumers and even keep stores’ ice-cream selling season going longer.” Outgoing Unilever honcho Alan “Nope, Not A Dope” Jope explained: “What was happening was that shopkeepers in some markets responded to fears about rising energy costs by switching off their cabinets earlier than they otherwise would have done.” The solution? Why, hot ice cream, of course. That’ll sell like… puddles of sweet goop all over the floor.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
Ice cream barely makes it home now without melting. Then when it re-freezes, it makes ice crystals. The creaminess is gone.
Raising the freezer temp will shorten even further the time to get it home. But it's not just ice cream. Anything in the freezer cases will be affected. I see the amount of spoilage going up dramatically.
Raising the freezer temp will shorten even further the time to get it home. But it's not just ice cream. Anything in the freezer cases will be affected. I see the amount of spoilage going up dramatically.
Clem72
Well-Known Member
You're not supposed to eat it in the car on the way home?
Modern Ice Cream is already a hodge podge of chemicals ... now what should be expected
LightRoasted
If I may ...
For our consideration ...
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That's what I was about to say. Real "ice cream" (made with milk, cream, sugar and vanilla), sold in stores is a rarity today. Too many are made using fillers, thickeners, and chemicals that is not supposed to be in "ice cream" but are used simply to increase the profits for corporations. Plus dealing with the included growth hormones and antibiotics given to the cows to produce more milk than they wold normally which stays in the milk.
As an example, here are the ingredients used to make Ben and Jerry's Lights! Caramel! Action!™. It is all junk and uses inflammation producing seed oils and soy. This is not "ice cream".
CREAM, SKIM MILK, LIQUID SUGAR (SUGAR, WATER), WATER, CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, EGG YOLKS, BROWN SUGAR, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), CORN STARCH, GRAHAM FLOUR, EGGS, EXPELLER PRESSED SOYBEAN OIL, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, SALT, BUTTEROIL (MILK), CANOLA OIL, MOLASSES, SEA SALT, BAKING SODA, GUAR GUM, TAPIOCA FLOUR, CARRAGEENAN, HONEY, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT, COCOA BUTTER, MILK.
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That's what I was about to say. Real "ice cream" (made with milk, cream, sugar and vanilla), sold in stores is a rarity today. Too many are made using fillers, thickeners, and chemicals that is not supposed to be in "ice cream" but are used simply to increase the profits for corporations. Plus dealing with the included growth hormones and antibiotics given to the cows to produce more milk than they wold normally which stays in the milk.
As an example, here are the ingredients used to make Ben and Jerry's Lights! Caramel! Action!™. It is all junk and uses inflammation producing seed oils and soy. This is not "ice cream".
CREAM, SKIM MILK, LIQUID SUGAR (SUGAR, WATER), WATER, CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, EGG YOLKS, BROWN SUGAR, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), CORN STARCH, GRAHAM FLOUR, EGGS, EXPELLER PRESSED SOYBEAN OIL, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, SALT, BUTTEROIL (MILK), CANOLA OIL, MOLASSES, SEA SALT, BAKING SODA, GUAR GUM, TAPIOCA FLOUR, CARRAGEENAN, HONEY, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT, COCOA BUTTER, MILK.
^Ben and Jerry did sell out to Unilever 23 years ago.