what is this world coming too......
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,313844,00.html
Canadian beer drinkers threatning planet?
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Haha Fox News everybody!! And to think someone, somewhere will believe what they say! hahaha.The problem is that the beer fridges are mostly decades-old machines that began their second careers as beverage dispensers when Canadians upgraded to more energy-efficient models to store whatever Canadians eat besides doughnuts and poutine.
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No, because your cute little beaver is always waiting for you at homecpl_atc wrote:Am I the only one who finds it hard to eat doughnuts and poutine while making the trip home to my igloo via snowmobile?Phaedrus wrote:That there is some quality reporting- to say nothing of top level scientific research....whatever Canadians eat besides doughnuts and poutine.
Snowmobile? Wow, your lucky.. But I agree the trip home on the dog sled is mighty tough with a dish of poutine..cpl_atc wrote:via snowmobile?
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Don't the Brits drink warm beer? I don't think it's right for any Brit to be telling us how to run our country. They did that for 100 years and look where that got us."People need to understand the impact of their lifestyles," British environmental consultant Joanna Yarrow tells New Scientist magazine.
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This is old, but still funny, and it kind of applies:
Now that Vancouver has won the chance to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, these are some questions people from all over the world are asking.
Q:I have never seen it warm on Canadian TV, so how do the plants grow? ( England )
A. We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around and watch them die.
Q:Will I be able to see Polar Bears in the street? ( USA )
A: Depends on how much you've been drinking.
Q:I want to walk from Vancouver to Toronto -can I follow the Railroad tracks? ( Sweden )
A: Sure, it's only Four thousand miles, take lots of water.
Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Canada ? ( Sweden )
A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.
Q: It is imperative that I find the names and addresses of places to contact for a stuffed Beaver. ( Italy )
A: Let's not touch this one.
Q: Are there any ATM's (cash machines) in Canada ? Can you send me a list of them in Toronto , Vancouver , Edmonton and Halifax ? ( England )
A: What, did your last slave die from?
Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Canada ? ( USA )
A: A-Fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. Ca-na-DA is that big country to your North...oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is after every Flames game in Calgary . Come naked.
Q: Which direction is North in Canada ? ( USA )
A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees Contact us when you get here and we'll send the rest of the directions.
Q: Can I bring cutlery into Canada ?( England )
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.
Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? ( USA )
A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is...oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays after every hockey game in Vancouver and in Calgary , straight after the hippo races. Come naked.
Q: Do you have perfume in Canada ? ( Germany )
A: No, WE don't stink.
Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you sell it in Canada ? ( USA )
A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.
Q: Can you tell me the regions in British Columbia where the female population is smaller than the male population? ( Italy )
A: Yes, gay nightclubs.
Q: Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada ? ( USA )
A: Only at Thanksgiving.
Q: Are there supermarkets in Toronto and is milk available all year round? ( Germany )
A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of Vegan hunter/gathers. Milk is illegal.
Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Canada , but I forget its name. It's a kind of big horse with horns. ( USA )
A: It's called a Moose. They are tall and very violent, eating the brains of anyone walking close to them. You can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out walking.
Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? ( USA )
A: Yes, but you will have to learn it first.
Now that Vancouver has won the chance to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, these are some questions people from all over the world are asking.
Q:I have never seen it warm on Canadian TV, so how do the plants grow? ( England )
A. We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around and watch them die.
Q:Will I be able to see Polar Bears in the street? ( USA )
A: Depends on how much you've been drinking.
Q:I want to walk from Vancouver to Toronto -can I follow the Railroad tracks? ( Sweden )
A: Sure, it's only Four thousand miles, take lots of water.
Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Canada ? ( Sweden )
A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.
Q: It is imperative that I find the names and addresses of places to contact for a stuffed Beaver. ( Italy )
A: Let's not touch this one.
Q: Are there any ATM's (cash machines) in Canada ? Can you send me a list of them in Toronto , Vancouver , Edmonton and Halifax ? ( England )
A: What, did your last slave die from?
Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Canada ? ( USA )
A: A-Fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. Ca-na-DA is that big country to your North...oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is after every Flames game in Calgary . Come naked.
Q: Which direction is North in Canada ? ( USA )
A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees Contact us when you get here and we'll send the rest of the directions.
Q: Can I bring cutlery into Canada ?( England )
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.
Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? ( USA )
A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is...oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays after every hockey game in Vancouver and in Calgary , straight after the hippo races. Come naked.
Q: Do you have perfume in Canada ? ( Germany )
A: No, WE don't stink.
Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you sell it in Canada ? ( USA )
A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.
Q: Can you tell me the regions in British Columbia where the female population is smaller than the male population? ( Italy )
A: Yes, gay nightclubs.
Q: Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada ? ( USA )
A: Only at Thanksgiving.
Q: Are there supermarkets in Toronto and is milk available all year round? ( Germany )
A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of Vegan hunter/gathers. Milk is illegal.
Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Canada , but I forget its name. It's a kind of big horse with horns. ( USA )
A: It's called a Moose. They are tall and very violent, eating the brains of anyone walking close to them. You can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out walking.
Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? ( USA )
A: Yes, but you will have to learn it first.
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Damn right they do. That's because Lucas also builds their fridges and like their auto electrical, is often on the fritz.Driving Rain wrote:Don't the Brits drink warm beer? I don't think it's right for any Brit to be telling us how to run our country. They did that for 100 years and look where that got us."People need to understand the impact of their lifestyles," British environmental consultant Joanna Yarrow tells New Scientist magazine.
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I dont even know where to start with this one. Fox-News oh my god!!
Do they even have education anymore in America. Also this is very sad propaganda I guess against us canadians, to make americans feel better about themselves, and somehow against beer. How could anyone not like beer!!
As a side note I've recently heard two people immediately dismiss whatever claims and/or information that was presented on CBC saying it is government propaganda. I think this news story and others like it should be very ample evidence that pivately owned media doesn't do us much good either.
Do they even have education anymore in America. Also this is very sad propaganda I guess against us canadians, to make americans feel better about themselves, and somehow against beer. How could anyone not like beer!!
As a side note I've recently heard two people immediately dismiss whatever claims and/or information that was presented on CBC saying it is government propaganda. I think this news story and others like it should be very ample evidence that pivately owned media doesn't do us much good either.
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Our good friends in South Dakota have some thoughts on the issue:
http://tinyurl.com/yobgq7
"It's actually not the beer or beer drinkers that are directly to blame, but the traditional so-called "beer fridge" that is owned and operated by one out of three Canadian households. It seems that Canadians have a dilemma. There is insufficient room in the primary refrigerator owned and operated by many Canadian households to accommodate the necessary quantities of food and beer the household needs simultaneously. This is easy to understand. Many Canadians partake of that nation's bountiful natural food sources and there simply isn't room in one refrigeration unit for a moose and a keg of Molson. So to solve this problem, many Canadian homes have two refrigerators - one for food and the other for beer. The problem, according to the study, is that most of the refrigerators used for beer are older energy-inefficient models that consume massive amounts of energy.
Just how much energy do these beer fridges consume anyway?
Believe it or not, one of the scientists working on the study concluded that keeping Canadian beer cold requires more energy than is consumed by 100,000 average American households annually. In other words, more energy resources are spent maintaining Molson at 40 degrees than are required by every home in the Black Hills (including Rapid City, Sturgis, Spearfish, Deadwood and more combined) in a year's time.
This raises some interesting questions. After all, summer lasts but a few days in Canada and the weather isn't exactly hot up there. One could correctly surmise that just keeping the beer in the garage without a refrigerator would cool it sufficiently most evenings to make it more that palatable. But therein lies the hidden truth so many miss. Canadian beer fridges don't exist to keep the beer cool. They exist to keep the beer from freezing solid. When one understands just how cold Canadian winters are, it's easy to understand why garage refrigerators are needed. Without them, most of Canada would be sucking on beercicles 11 months out of the year.
With the average Canadian beer fridge somehow putting nearly a ton and a half of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere each year in areas where electricity is generated by coal and gas, researchers are suggesting (what else?) a government-sponsored refrigerator roundup. Yes, they want the public educated and the Mounties to ride in with incentives to either lose the second refrigerator or buy a newer, more energy-efficient model. It seems that the beer-fridge-hoarding culprits are largely members of Canada's upper class because the nation's poor can't afford the extra cash it takes to keep feeding an old refrigerator power. So one proposed plan is to offer incentives such as discount vouchers for a new beer fridge when you turn in an old one, along with free pickup and disposal of the old unit.
Alas, I can see it now.
Some family is sitting around the supper table enjoying caribou stew when Dudley Do-right knocks at the door and demands they surrender the beer fridge. The door is then slammed in the face of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and barricaded. A siege ensues and continues until the family either runs out of beer, or, as the courageous head of the household would likely yell, "Yo! Yooz can 'ave my beer fridge when yooz can pry it from my cold, dead fingers, eh!"
Yes, look for things to get ugly in the far north this winter if Canada's eggheads have their way."
http://tinyurl.com/yobgq7
"It's actually not the beer or beer drinkers that are directly to blame, but the traditional so-called "beer fridge" that is owned and operated by one out of three Canadian households. It seems that Canadians have a dilemma. There is insufficient room in the primary refrigerator owned and operated by many Canadian households to accommodate the necessary quantities of food and beer the household needs simultaneously. This is easy to understand. Many Canadians partake of that nation's bountiful natural food sources and there simply isn't room in one refrigeration unit for a moose and a keg of Molson. So to solve this problem, many Canadian homes have two refrigerators - one for food and the other for beer. The problem, according to the study, is that most of the refrigerators used for beer are older energy-inefficient models that consume massive amounts of energy.
Just how much energy do these beer fridges consume anyway?
Believe it or not, one of the scientists working on the study concluded that keeping Canadian beer cold requires more energy than is consumed by 100,000 average American households annually. In other words, more energy resources are spent maintaining Molson at 40 degrees than are required by every home in the Black Hills (including Rapid City, Sturgis, Spearfish, Deadwood and more combined) in a year's time.
This raises some interesting questions. After all, summer lasts but a few days in Canada and the weather isn't exactly hot up there. One could correctly surmise that just keeping the beer in the garage without a refrigerator would cool it sufficiently most evenings to make it more that palatable. But therein lies the hidden truth so many miss. Canadian beer fridges don't exist to keep the beer cool. They exist to keep the beer from freezing solid. When one understands just how cold Canadian winters are, it's easy to understand why garage refrigerators are needed. Without them, most of Canada would be sucking on beercicles 11 months out of the year.
With the average Canadian beer fridge somehow putting nearly a ton and a half of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere each year in areas where electricity is generated by coal and gas, researchers are suggesting (what else?) a government-sponsored refrigerator roundup. Yes, they want the public educated and the Mounties to ride in with incentives to either lose the second refrigerator or buy a newer, more energy-efficient model. It seems that the beer-fridge-hoarding culprits are largely members of Canada's upper class because the nation's poor can't afford the extra cash it takes to keep feeding an old refrigerator power. So one proposed plan is to offer incentives such as discount vouchers for a new beer fridge when you turn in an old one, along with free pickup and disposal of the old unit.
Alas, I can see it now.
Some family is sitting around the supper table enjoying caribou stew when Dudley Do-right knocks at the door and demands they surrender the beer fridge. The door is then slammed in the face of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and barricaded. A siege ensues and continues until the family either runs out of beer, or, as the courageous head of the household would likely yell, "Yo! Yooz can 'ave my beer fridge when yooz can pry it from my cold, dead fingers, eh!"
Yes, look for things to get ugly in the far north this winter if Canada's eggheads have their way."
Yeh that's right, blame the British...blah, blah. Do we drink warm beer? Course we do mate! We also all wear Bowler hats, tweed jackets, bowties, have tea and cucumber sandwiches, play cricket on the village green, and say things like "I say!", "Jolly good" and "cheerio!". Oh and we all know the Royal Family on first name terms and we all know each other well, even though there's 60million of us...............Driving Rain wrote:Don't the Brits drink warm beer? I don't think it's right for any Brit to be telling us how to run our country. They did that for 100 years and look where that got us."People need to understand the impact of their lifestyles," British environmental consultant Joanna Yarrow tells New Scientist magazine.
Oh I say, please forgive me. I was was giving you the standard sarcastic "f**k you" reply I normally give to those dumb Americans. You're Canadian of course, although I had to look again at your post beacuse it's the most typically American-like puerile uninformed piece of turd I've read in a while. You should be careful old boy, writing that kind of bollocks will only reaffirm the view most British people have of Canada as being "just like America really".
As for the warm beer thing read this and it may clear up your misconceptions. Nobodys telling you how to you run your country for crying out loud!
Ms Yarrow is simply suggesting that having a huge beater fridge costing tons of CO2 a year simply to keep tasteless, gassy Canadian beer cold* might be something worth thinking about getting rid of. That's assuming of course one gives a shit about the environment. David Suzuki would tell you the same thing but they probably couldn't afford him, anyway Ms Yarrow is much betting looking! (and very well qualified). The study was funded by the Government out of The University of Alberta so write and complain to them about using British consultants and how much damage the Brits have done you in the past. While your at it write to NavCanada and tell them what you think of them hiring British controllers too 
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Are all Brits as thin skinned as you? Is it a national trait or what?
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I think I need to watch more Coronation Street. 
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Yeh that's right, blame the British...blah, blah. Do we drink warm beer? Course we do mate! We also all wear Bowler hats, tweed jackets, bowties, have tea and cucumber sandwiches, play cricket on the village green, and say things like "I say!", "Jolly good" and "cheerio!". Oh and we all know the Royal Family on first name terms and we all know each other well, even though there's 60million of us...............
Oh I say, please forgive me. I was was giving you the standard sarcastic "f**k you" reply I normally give to those dumb Americans. You're Canadian of course, although I had to look again at your post beacuse it's the most typically American-like puerile uninformed piece of turd I've read in a while. You should be careful old boy, writing that kind of bollocks will only reaffirm the view most British people have of Canada as being "just like America really".
As for the warm beer thing read this and it may clear up your misconceptions. Nobodys telling you how to you run your country for crying out loud! Ms Yarrow is simply suggesting that having a huge beater fridge costing tons of CO2 a year simply to keep tasteless, gassy Canadian beer cold* might be something worth thinking about getting rid of. That's assuming of course one gives a shit about the environment. David Suzuki would tell you the same thing but they probably couldn't afford him, anyway Ms Yarrow is much betting looking! (and very well qualified). The study was funded by the Government out of The University of Alberta so write and complain to them about using British consultants and how much damage the Brits have done you in the past. While your at it write to NavCanada and tell them what you think of them hiring British controllers too
Are all Brits as thin skinned as you? Is it a national trait or what?
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You got me here, I don't have clue what that means.Ms Yarrow is much betting looking!
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1 in 3 Canadians has a beer fridge? I must be deprived.
You need to post more stuff like this Joe, loved it.Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Canada ? ( USA )
A: A-Fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. Ca-na-DA is that big country to your North...oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is after every Flames game in Calgary . Come naked.
Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? ( USA )
A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is...oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays after every hockey game in Vancouver and in Calgary , straight after the hippo races. Come naked.
1 in 3 Canadians has a beer fridge? I must be deprived.
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