Guest essay by Eric Worrall
New York’s famous hot dogs could soon be a thing of the past.
NYC Considering Banning HOT DOGS And Other Processed Meats Over Climate Change
By EMILY ZANOTTI
April 25, 2019New York City may be on the verge of outlawing its signature encased meat, the hot dog, alongside other “processed meats,” in a bid to make New Yorkers more climate conscious.
Radio station Z100 reports that Mayor Bill de Blaiso signed into law New York’s own version of the “Green New Deal” last week, and part of the NYC GND involves teaching New Yorkers to make healthy, environmentally friendly food choices by banning specific, “problematic” dishes from city menus.
“The plan,” Z100 says, “will cut purchases of red meat by 50 percent in its city-controlled facilities such as hospitals, schools, and correctional facilities. The new commitment builds off of the Meatless Mondays campaign that was adopted by all NYC schools in 2017.”
New Yorkers will be able to keep their precious hot dog street carts, and tourists will still be able to fill up on dirty water dogs in Times Square — at least for now. The Green New Deal only prohibits city facilities from buying and serving hot dogs and other processed meats in bulk to serve in city-run cafeterias, mostly located in city office buildings, jails, and schools.
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What I don’t get, why is processed meat supposed to be less environmentally friendly than unprocessed meat?
Processed meat normally has non meat fillers, like breadcrumbs or other grains or cereals, and traditionally includes animal parts which might otherwise be discarded. I don’t get how this is somehow supposed to be less eco-friendly than say eating beef steak and throwing the rest of the animal away.
Confluence of environmentalism and veganism, which swirl around each other. Everything vegans like is good for the environment and everything else is not.
Well:
– doesn’t the curing chemicals reduce emergence of bacteria?
– there is a reason to avoid processed meats, Bruce Ames who invented the petri dish to screen for _potential_ carcinogens advised against them, and beer, due nitrates, and against over-grilled meats.
Don’t get on that (liberal) ship. It’s a cookbook!.
“I don’t get how this is somehow supposed to be less eco-friendly than say eating beef steak and throwing the rest of the animal away.”
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Eric, as you indicate it’s about “building a new consciousness”.
The easiest to impose on people “mostly located in city office buildings, jails, and schools.”
If that really changes even something, “sustainable”, is a completely different question.
At least it demonstrates “Good Will”.
Bans on certain types of foods, especially meats, is a common theme found in many religions.
To quote a formerly brilliant screenwriter (who since has lost his mind to TDS):
It’s not about right, not about wrong. It’s about power.
It,s about to creating the next Alphonse Gabriel Capone!
New york should also ban the following
– Hot Showers and Hot Tub
– Hot Chocolate
– Ice Creams
– Potato Fries
– Skinny jeans (actually ban all pants, you can wear loin cloth)
– Rc Planes and Cars
– New York Striploin Steak