The next time you eat a sandwich, remember this:
You are causing polar bears to die.
Or something.
Via New Atlas.
Scientists at the University of Manchester have found a surprising global warming culprit – sandwiches. In the first study of its kind, the researchers carried out an in-depth audit of various sandwiches throughout their life cycles and found the triangular meals could be responsible for the equivalent annual carbon emissions of 8.6 million cars in Britain alone….
According to the British Sandwich Association (BSA), the United Kingdom spends £8 billion (US$11.3 billion) annually on 11.5 billion sandwiches, with half made at home and the other half bought at shops, supermarkets, kiosks, and service stations. To better understand the environmental impact of all these sarnies, the Manchester team looked at over 40 different sandwich types, recipes, and combinations as well as how they are made, packaged, transported, and stored. In addition, they considered the waste produced in making them, as well as the stale, rotten, or simply outdated sandwiches that are thrown away.
What the researchers found was that not all sandwiches are created equal and that some varieties have larger carbon footprints than others. The highest footprint was found in premade, prepackaged, all-day-breakfast sandwiches. These contain eggs, bacon, and sausage and are kept packaged and refrigerated until sold and eaten – all of which is estimated to add up to 1,441 g (3.18 lb) of carbon dioxide equivalent, or roughly the same as driving a car for 12 miles (19 km).
By contrast, the smallest footprint is that of a homemade ham and cheese sandwich. Overall, making your sandwiches at home potentially halves the carbon emissions compared to their prepackaged equivalents….
Makes me wanna have a sammich.
Lib logic: Carbon dioxide is pollutant. Those stupid, smelly people exhale carbon dioxide. They are polluters. The less people, less pollution. But we want many more migrants!
A simple Common Core statement.
Do the Marxists hate the Montagues? (John Montagu was the Earl of Sandwich.) Frederick Engels spent most of his life in Manchester area. Karl Marx visited him there. Warning, a favorite saying re Manchester from the Victorian era; “What Manchester does today, the rest pf the world does tomorrow”.