Is this the answer to global warming?

Question

This pathetic excuse of a government believes that pricing us off the road is the answer to environmental problems. I suggest that we outlaw Tea and Coffee!! Think about it, Tea and Coffee are imported from far away and therefore we clock up millions of miles of industrial travel to get it here. On the other hand think of the billions of killer watts of energy wasted every day to heat the water for these drinks! Let’s tax hot drinks out of existence! I need my car to get to work! No one needs Tea! Another plus is that people will sleep better!
Do you agree?

Answer 1

as I bike to work and am tea addicted I obviously disagree with you. Everybody tries to protect their own interests...

Generally there ARE people who try to buy only locally produced food. Try it for a week or two and you will realize how much other food you consume which is not produced locally. Look through your household items and realize how many are made in China, Mexico, or whereever. It's not a wrong idea, only you shouldn't limit it to the things you don't care about.

Where is the computer you are typing on made? If you get offline and switch the thing off for long enough, you save all the energy to compensate for making and drinking a nice cup of tea or coffee...

Answer 2

No way this is going to work. Tea and Coffee are very important commodities in the trade market. There is no way any country would outlaw these items unless they are illegal or become a health hazard. They've been too deeply imbedded into people's daily lives that many would object. Even if you do manage to get rid of them, people would just find substitutes, hence this strategy will not work at all.

person under me:
Imagine if everyone biked to work? Many are not fit enough to even walk half the distance, let alone bike. If even a quarter of the people currently driving, turned to public transport, there will not be enough trains / busses to get everyone there on time, petrol prices will rise since there's less consumers, and eventually, most of the people who converted will go back to driving their cars again. It's regulated that way by the government

Answer 3

<_<...>_>...O_O?

Is this supposed to be a joke? Lol.

Um..I don't know whether I agree or not...(drinks coffee). We need coffee. If drivers were without coffee there would probably be an increase in accidents on the roads. We need to think of a way to transport tea and coffee without harming the environment. We have the technology! We are not cave men here!

We can find a way. Also, transporting tea and coffee is not the only cause of global warming. We have to fix the other problems as well. =)

Answer 4

In the same vain I've also seen it stated if we all breathed half as frequently we could reduce CO2 emissions by over 1 billion tonnes per year - or around 4% of total global output (25 billion tonnes).

If we can slow down our metabolism we will breath less, there are several ways to do this:
1) Exercise less; burn less sugar and eat less food (also indirectly reducing food transport emissions too – but making people a bit fatter and increasing passenger flight emissions). Stop playing badminton and football, start playing dominoes instead.
2) Sleep more; when we sleep breathing slows, the heart rate also slows. Stages 1 and 2 are light sleep in which breathing is slower than when a person is awake. Stages 3 and 4 are called slow-wave (delta) sleep, in which the person’s rate of breathing slows down further. During REM sleep, it is normal to have short episodes when breathing stops (apnea) – even better!
3) Meditation; the Chinese may be taking a lot of flack for starting up one coal fired power station each week, but they do at least have the edge on the breathing front. Yogic breathing is slow, infrequent and environmentally friendly.
4) Start a campaign for global non-breathing day – a day which we all spend sleeping in, doing no exercise and meditating. Who needs an economy anyway?

Answer 5

Take away my cuppa and there will be murders, no, I mean it, I will probably kill someone. I've tried giving up tea and I swear it was the hardest - and most short-lived - thing I've ever tried to do.

Seriously though, tea and coffee have been around a long time. The transport of these commodities has traditionally been by ship, the most energy efficient way of bringing goods into the country. Compare that to flying in green beans from Africa and it stands up very well. In fact, I would ban the transport of food by air altogether, it probably uses more energy than all the kettles in England.

Have you ever thought of using bio-fuel? As far as I'm aware the Government plans to make Eco-friendly cars tax- exempt.

Answer 6

Nice try Chris. If you start banning tea and coffee and hot water and ... and ... , etc. soon people like truck drivers and store clerks and ... and ... , etc. will be out of work and the entire economy will collapse like a stack of stacked cards ... and you won't need your car. I like your reference to 'killer watts.'

Answer 7

yes that does sound like a good idea but why cant people bike to work also?

Answer 8

Here is a link that will tell you all you need to know!!
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Answer 9

same question same answer
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AudUcbXa8KUuxJUTTKbKlmDsy6IX?qid=20070313043738AAsg2YF&show=7#profile-info-9289bb4f0060a6d819414e5d2d6906f4aa