The premise sounds abhorrent – Ban Ice Cream???  I cant believe it – some nutbag is actually suggesting that greenhouse gases are increased as a result of ice cream manufacture or consumption. 

Author Chris Bell has stated – “How can we sit by and watch ice cream being made if we believe its production is contributing to the doom of mankind? Every scoop pushes the hand of our doomsday clock that much closer to midnight.” 

Well its not as bad as that yet.  In fact, the article in American Thinker Magazine simply acknowledges the hypocrisy in the whole “green” attitude society is taking these days.

Bell states “Practically everything we do uses energy. The leaders of the modern environmental movement say that using energy-saving light bulbs, driving smaller cars and recycling refuse, along with similar efforts, are all that we need to do to protect our environment.  This new environmental movement is asking us to sacrifice very little.”

He further states “Imagine how much energy it takes to support ice cream. We must feed and water the cattle that are raised for the cream. We must supply the energy to make and freeze the ice cream, we must use energy to make the containers to pack the ice cream, and we must use energy to transport the ice cream from the dairy to the store. We must use energy to keep the ice cream frozen in the market, we must use energy to drive to the market, and we also use energy to power our freezers where we store the ice cream. Just think of the energy we could save if we just got rid of ice cream.”

Thankfully the world wide ban on ice cream hasn’t commenced yet.  A simple call to common sense in relation to consumer habits is all that is being suggested.  A good thing: I was just about to go into the bootlegging business.

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