The Al Gore ‘Do As I Say, Not As I Do’ Award for This Week Goes To…

By Doug Powers  •  May 5, 2011 04:06 PM

**Written by Doug Powers

… Prince Charles.

The global warming alarmist came to Washington, DC — arriving from England by bicycle no doubt — to tell America that it is eating too much beef. If the US and indeed the world do not cut down, said Charles, we are jeopardizing a “magical substance we’ve taken for granted for so long” — otherwise known as water:

In a speech in Washington, the Prince said that the need for vast amounts of irrigation in industrialised food production was threatening to deplete reserves of the “magical substance we have taken for granted for so long”.

“For every pound of beef produced in the industrial system, it takes two thousand gallons of water,” he told the Future of Food conference at Georgetown University.

“That is a lot of water and there is plenty of evidence that the Earth cannot keep up with the demand.”

Americans eat more than 41kg of beef a year on average, according to the UN, almost twice that consumed by Britons and four times the international average.
[...]
“Here in the United States I am told one acre is lost to development every minute of every day, which means that since 1982 an area the size of Indiana has been built over,” he told the 700–strong audience. “Again, in the US, soil is being washed away 10 times faster than the Earth can replenish it.”

I think this guy’s taken one too many polo mallets to the head. Not that he’s owed a response, but Charles should be made aware that whenever an acre of space in the US is newly occupied, an acre of Detroit is vacated — that’s responsible offsetting.

Speaking of offsetting, maybe Charles is in search of a “beef consumption offset” — the possible result of a guilty conscience. Here’s part of the menu at a party Charles hosted for William, Kate and 300 others last week:

Prince William and Kate — a.k.a. the just-married Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — definitely got their party on at Buckingham Palace (hosted by his father Prince Charles) on Friday night.
[...]
When it was time to chow down, the menu included a crab starter, a beef filet main dish and a trio of desserts, including chocolate pudding, ice cream and brandy, and a blackberry-raspberry concoction.

Remember though, this is the man who cited a Mumbai shantytown as a model for sustainable living. You’ve got to be on a “magical substance” that’s a lot stronger than water for Prince Charles to make any eco-sense these days.

Time to put the porterhouse on the grill!

**Written by Doug Powers

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  1. #101
    On May 6th, 2011 at 1:47 am, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    Why do bovines even need a bath when they’re usually out in the rain anyway?

  2. #102
    On May 6th, 2011 at 1:53 am, Cotton-eyed Joe said:

    I have a good friend whose family grows rice in Texas. He likes to point out that water is never “used”, it’s just changed into different forms – vapor, underground auqifers, ice. The total amount of water on Earth is a stable quantity. It may be difficult to get it to the places we need it, but we’re not using it up. “Plenty of evidence…” the Prince says.

    Where is it written that the inbred among us shall lead? Over tomorrow night’s steak, I’m going to toast the rain that grew the field that fed the cow that gave me the tenderloin that made me happy and satisfied. Then I’m going to have a piss and consider where the water goes when I flush.

  3. #103
    On May 6th, 2011 at 4:31 am, jdtruly said:

    This is from the twit who lies down on the floor next to a window so he can eavesdrop on what the common folk on tours of his estate are saying about him. yech!

  4. #104
    On May 6th, 2011 at 7:49 am, Soul said:

    Guess I’m doing my part right now, avoiding beef! Charles would be happy. The rather scary part for me personally is that I have a distant cousin, that works on genealogy. He has tried to convince me that the family, in a distant way, is related to UK royalty. I think though like to many genealogist he has become overly creative in his family matching research.

  5. #105
    On May 6th, 2011 at 8:29 am, ruffages said:

    Hawkeye54 said

    And you can fix stupid. It merely takes a stupid person willing to confront his/her stupidy and a desire to rise above indoctrination and talking points and be educated

    Yes, BUT, to confront stupidity, one needs to have the one vital piece missing from the stupid one’s arsenal: critical thinking. The stupid one needs to think..”HEY…does this even sound right?”

    Stupid, and specifically the ruling class elite stupid, is completely lacking in critical thinking. So to believe that they would ever question that which they have been thoroughly indoctrinated to believe is fact, would be a slippery slope for those who DO think critically (ie…us, the unwashed masses) and would potentially raise our hopes that this CAN be fixed. Why for example, would they need to “rise above indoctrination and talking points” when they are already so far above us that the air is thin with lack of oxygen (which of course IS part of the problem). It (willingness to rise above) won’t be done. Not it CAN’T be done, but it won’t. Because of that critical thinking part.

    So perpetuates the vicious cycle of believing you can fix stupid. You can’t.

  6. #106
    On May 6th, 2011 at 9:08 am, GraniteMan said:

    All this from a man who has never earned a daily wage in his life, has been kept like a gigolo by Britain in grandeur telling us peasants to eat cake instead of beef. Lord, please save us from the good people.

  7. #107
    On May 6th, 2011 at 9:23 am, plymouthacclaim said:

    Prince Chuckles truly deserves the title of “Big-Eared Jerk” given to him by the tabloid press.

  8. #108
    On May 6th, 2011 at 9:30 am, spaceycakes said:

    a young Spanky saying “I wish Cotton was a monkey,”

    LOL 1Concern–that was actually Buckwheat (whose little brother was called Cotton). My uncle still says that!
    hahahahaha

  9. #109
    On May 6th, 2011 at 11:00 am, max said:

    But without beef, Charles, how will we get the Iron we need?
    …. oh… eeewww! really! Not that!!! oh, na, that’s ok, i’ll take the rickets or whatever Iron deficiency causes……

  10. #110
    On May 6th, 2011 at 11:23 am, cheapseat said:

    This is why the queen clings so resolutely to life, because she knows her first born is an idiot. Reason 1, he trades Diane for Camilla. Reason 2, Who needs reason 2, reason 1 shows he’s crazy. Didn’t Jimmah’s mom tell us that she knew Billy was smarter than Jimmah, and truer words were never spoken. Billy drank beer, and knew when to leave the stage.

  11. #111
    On May 6th, 2011 at 11:41 am, spaceycakes said:

    Ag, that queen clings to the throne because it’s the best game in town. She doesn’t know any other life, and Phillip is a complete imbecile. I’m surprised they even let him out for that wedding.

    Charles was always in love with Camilla, but because he is only a dithering idiot, he agreed to marry a virgin and at that time Camilla went off & married someone else. Then the Cretin of Wales proceeds to destroy the family life of 3 lots of people.

  12. #112
    On May 6th, 2011 at 2:21 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On May 6th, 2011 at 11:41 am, spaceycakes said:

    Ag, that queen clings to the throne because it’s the best game in town. She doesn’t know any other life, and Phillip is a complete imbecile. I’m surprised they even let him out for that wedding.

    Charles was always in love with Camilla, but because he is only a dithering idiot, he agreed to marry a virgin

    Did he marry the virgin before or after he married the ugly slut?

  13. #113
    On May 6th, 2011 at 3:36 pm, spaceycakes said:

    before. Otherwise the story doesn’t work.

  14. #114
    On May 6th, 2011 at 6:26 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    “Hey, Chuck! Shut your face!”

    That felt good… really good.

  15. #115
    On May 6th, 2011 at 6:26 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    “Hey, Chuck! Shut your face!”

    That felt good… really good.

  16. #116
    On May 9th, 2011 at 4:03 pm, Art Fold said:

    Americans eat more than 41kg of beef a year on average, according to the UN, almost twice that consumed by Britons and four times the international average.
    Just one more reason I’m happy and proud to be an American!

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