On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:07:10 -0400, matesz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Wrt:  Levyubg taxes according to food-chain ranking so that
>   products with the worst environmental impact cost the most...
>  If one chooses to eat high-impact food, one should pay the full costs of
>such a choice,"
>
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>To be accurate, the foods that should be taxed most should be foods that
>take a lot of processing (energy/fuel) to be made EDIBLE for humans.  Tops
>on the list should be legumes, grains, sugar and products made from them.
>It takes a HUGE amount of energy to turn raw soy beans into soy milk, tofu,
>soy dogs, soy burgers, soy candy bars; to turn wheat berries into vegetarian
>"wheat meat," puffed cold cereals, etc.

The biggest argument against expansion of government is that most of the people
making decisions don't have the foggiest idea what they are doing.

Imagine calculating the "environmental impact" of something and not including
energy costs!

    "Giving money and power to government is
     like giving whiskey and car keys to
     teenage boys."
                   -- P.J. O'Rourke

"The 'C' students run the world." --Harry Truman


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Cheers,

Ken
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