Via: http://ecowatch.com/2015/12/22/what-is-a-climatarian/
The New York Times published its list of the top new food words for 2015. Words and phrases that made this year’s list range from “beer o’clock,” one’s personal assessment of the right time of day to start drinking, to “hangry,” the state of being so hungry that you become angry or irritable.
But, the one word most relevant to the environmentally conscious is “climatarian.” The New York Times defines it as “a diet whose primary goal is to reverse climate change. This includes eating locally produced food (to reduce energy spent in transportation), choosing pork and poultry instead of beef and lamb (to limit gas emissions) and using every part of ingredients (apple cores, cheese rinds, etc.) to limit food waste.”
The word gained popularity this year in part because it was promoted by a group calledClimates (yes, the organization’s official name is formally half-bold). They encourage people to “go climatarian” and save a tonne (1.1 short tons) of carbon dioxide equivalent, which includes carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other greenhouse gases.
Now Global Warming Believers Want To Take Away The Joy of Eating Steak
Analysis shows organic farming has increased carbon emissions per acre
Scientists blame the shift to large scale organic farming for the increase
They warn industrial organic farming has led to manure being imported and an increased use of organic pesticides and insecticides on the land
They say the original sustainable ideals of organic farming have been lost
Quick! Enact a Carbon Tax! Warmist claims that CO2 will ‘take away’ pecan pie, chocolate, coffee, wine, and bacon; we’ll have to eat crickets – Grist Mag.: ‘Here’s the current list of delicious foods that climate change is going to take away: pecan pie, chocolate, coffee, wine, bacon. Now, a new addition: oysters. …As the climate changes, what we eat will, too. Instead of slurping down oysters, we’ll be crunching on crickets and calling it fancy’