Some British scientists are saying that fat people contribute more to Global Warming because they require more food and fuel than a person of average weight. Overweight people use the car more often and that adds to the environmental damage. Each fat person is said to be responsible for emitting a ton more of climate-warming carbon dioxide per year than a thin one. According to the World Health Organization an extra billion tons of CO2 a year is created. The truth is that we are all responsible for the environmental burden and blaming it on this group of people that have many issues is not fair. This people make poor food choices or consume too much, but becoming an environmental hazard that seems just ridiculous.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2387203.ece
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I choose this article because I think that it is very stupid. Fat people have a lot of problems and most of them consume more food than they should because they are depressed. The Government should help them and not let articles like this show up in the media. They are very hurtful and make you think that the only think that fat people do is get into a car and buy food. This is a group of people that have very low self confidence and do not need to accused of something so stupid in a daily newspaper. If what the article says is true we should all look for country with only skinny people. I would not be able to go live there but I am happy to be a fat person.
That is a very interesting thought, that overweight people cause more pollution than skinny people. I think it might be the other way around. Cars cause pollution and when you drive a car instead of riding a bicycle, you can gain weight. Therefore causing pollution can cause obesity.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHi Malisa,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe blog seems to be in order - some of your posts are a bit short, I'd say (especially the 'reaction/your own opinion' part), but just about long enough.
My commentary will therefore be about the writing itself - I'll comment on 2 posts specifically, including this one. My comments or corrections are in [brackets]. Special attention: verb tenses, prepositions, other grammar items (plural/singular etc)
Some British scientists are saying that fat people [contribute] more [to] Global Warming because they require more food and fuel than a person [of average weight]. Overweight people use the car more often and that [adds] to the environmental damage. Each fat person is said to be responsible for emitting a ton more of climate-warming carbon dioxide per year than a thin one. According to the World Health [O]rganization an extra billion tons of CO2 a year is created. The truth is that we are all responsible for the environmental burden and blam[ing it] on this group of people that have [many] issues is not fair.
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2387203.ece
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I cho[]se this article because I think that [it] is very stupid. []If fat people are to blame for [] Global Warming the[n] Africa is the best [continent] to live [in] because [there are not many] fat people [there] [*are you sure?*] and cars are not used as much []as in Europe. I think that this will also make a very interesting discussion for the speaker’s corner.