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"Henry" wrote in message
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we introduced a tax here for green house gases, can't remember how
much per cow.
Got the short shrift very quickly when the farmers got ****y
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0309/S00040.htm

The question is - what result did that have?

On Apr 21, 4:21*pm, "
wrote:

Of course there is an equivalent:

*http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obes...maps/index.htm




wow

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:22:35 -0700 (PDT), "Kurgan. presented by
Gringioni." wrote:

On Apr 21, 4:21*pm, "
wrote:

Of course there is an equivalent:

*http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obes...maps/index.htm

wow

Oh man, that is so messed up. I was thinking there'd be sound with
it, with some sort of fat person coughing increasing, then at the end
that sound of an EKG when someone flatlines......

wrote:
The BBC's angle on this was
"1970s lifestyle 'protects planet'"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8004257.stm

Because damnit, a planet without skinny hippie chicks wearing bell
bottoms isn't worth saving.

Donald Munro wrote:
Is there a US equivalent for:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7584191.stm

I'd bet on the south being all red states.

wrote:
Of course there is an equivalent:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obes...maps/index.htm

Why does Colorado hate America ?

On Apr 21, 6:39 pm, John Forrest Tomlinson
wrote:
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:22:35 -0700 (PDT), "Kurgan. presented by

Gringioni." wrote:
On Apr 21, 4:21 pm, "
wrote:

Of course there is an equivalent:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obes...maps/index.htm

wow

Oh man, that is so messed up. I was thinking there'd be sound with
it, with some sort of fat person coughing increasing, then at the end
that sound of an EKG when someone flatlines......

Yeah. Or have the map shaded in greyscale so that
it gradually fades to black as a state gets fatter and fatter.
(Statistically more robust since thresholds of percent
greater than X can be noisy.) Or do one of those
warping cartographic projections, making the states
bigger as they get fatter, as Colorado gradually
disappears.

Chung or anyone, can you find the state-by-state data
that goes into this map? I want to plot individual state
trendlines. For example, to address Donald's question
of how Colorado hates America - does it have a
slower increase of obesity, or is it just offset to a
lower %age?

I have heard of this issue before but I'm still kinda
surprised at how big the increase is over only
a 20 year period.

Ben

wrote:
surprised at how big the increase is over only
a 20 year period.

I'll say!

On Apr 22, 11:49 am, "Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote:
"Henry" wrote in message

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we introduced a tax here for green house gases, can't remember how
much per cow.
Got the short shrift very quickly when the farmers got ****y
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0309/S00040.htm

The question is - what result did that have?

the legislation never got passed, no tax = happy farmers but man, do
we (as a country) produce a lot of greenhouse gases!

Henry wrote:
On Apr 22, 11:49 am, "Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote:
"Henry" wrote in message

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we introduced a tax here for green house gases, can't remember how
much per cow.
Got the short shrift very quickly when the farmers got ****y
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0309/S00040.htm
The question is - what result did that have?

the legislation never got passed, no tax = happy farmers but man, do
we (as a country) produce a lot of greenhouse gases!

Sheep don't fart?

"Henry" wrote in message
...

the legislation never got passed, no tax = happy farmers but man, do
we (as a country) produce a lot of greenhouse gases!

Henry, I suggest you learn about it instead of listening to morons
pretending to know about CO2's effects.

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:32:05 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obes...maps/index.htm

Or do one of those
warping cartographic projections, making the states
bigger as they get fatter, as Colorado gradually
disappears.

Funny.