Damn! I can't find a picture of Bob and Doug McKenzie!
Scientists have found a new threat to the planet: Canadian beer drinkers.
Yeah, if they run out of it maybe...
The government-commissioned study says the old, inefficient "beer fridges" that one in three Canadian households use to store their Molson and Labatt's contribute significantly to global warming by guzzling gas- and coal-fired electricity.
So buy a used SUV, park it out back, start it up, throw your beer in it, put the AC on, let it run 24 hours a day...and get rid of that inefficient second fridge.
"People need to understand the impact of their lifestyles," British environmental consultant Joanna Yarrow tells New Scientist magazine. "Clearly the environmental implications of having a frivolous luxury like a beer fridge are not hitting home. This research helps inform people — let's hope it has an effect."
Oh...clearly. And...I doubt it.
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.
I think they eat "environmental consultants" and snotty AP copy writers. Raw. Eh?
University of Alberta researcher Denise Young, who led the study, suggests that provincial authorities hold beer-fridge buy-backs or round-ups to eliminate the threat — methods that Americans use to get guns off the streets.
...and Midnight Hockey. |