Calling Dr. Vino. STAT.
April 20th, 2009…and this just in: Wine lovers can’t seem to catch a break these days.
Not only can regular consumption of alcoholic beverages (including out beloved elixir) make you fat, it apparently is bad for the environment.
Tyler Coleman has written extensively about the carbon footprint associated with transporting wine. With the rising obesity epidemic (I hesitate to calculate my own BMI) there may be an additional, or secondary, carbon burden from wine that may be worth investigating. But then, Assemblyman Jim Beall Jr. (D-San Jose) would want to tax the airline travel of wine lovers based on their weight…
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