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Norwegian Lobby Promotes Whale Meat?

By Jason Heller, March 6, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Reuters.com

Editor's note: We are very disturbed at this story about the Norwegian lobby promotes whale meat as environmentally sustainable. This is the kind offalse pretense that has plaqued the Japanese, only their excuse is scientific research. What a world we live in!

 

Eat a whale and save the planet, a Norwegian pro-whaling lobby said on Monday of a study showing that harpooning the giant mammals is less damaging to the climate than farming livestock.

Environmental group Greenpeace dismissed the survey, saying almost every kind of food was more climate friendly than meat.

The survey, focused on whale boats' fuel use, showed that a kilo (2.2 lbs) of whale meat represented just 1.9 kilo (4.2 lbs) of greenhouse gases against 15.8 for beef, 6.4 for pork and 4.6 for chicken.

"Basically it turns out that the best thing you can do for the planet is to eat whale meat compared to other types of meat," said Rune Froevik of the High North Alliance, which represents the interests of coastal communities in the Arctic...

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