Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Behold the Awesome Awesomeness That Is Europe!!

Belgium has figured out the real culprit in global warming: grilled meat. Here's the proposal of how to deal with the threat:
BRUSSELS, April 3 (RIA Novosti) - The government of Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia, which has a population of about 4 million, has approved a tax on barbequing, local media reported.

Experts said that between 50 and 100 grams of CO2, a so-called greenhouse gas, is emitted during barbequing. Beginning June 2007, residents of Wallonia will have to pay 20 euros for a grilling session.

The local authorities plan to monitor compliance with the new tax legislation from helicopters, whose thermal sensors will detect burning grills.

Never mind that enforcement will be done with helicopters that will undoubtedly pump more CO2 in to the atmosphere than do the illicit grillers. This is clearly the necessary move to prevent rising oceans and deforestation.

[Hat tip to Geoff for the title...]

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I will never give up the grill. If the environment must suffer from the consequences of my love for grilled veggies, so be it...

Anonymous said...

Those canny Belgians... I want to see the inevitable cartoon that has the country's mascot, a little boy peeing, taking a piss on the offending coals!