Needed: A tax on meat and dairy products

The global warming crowd has left Bali, intent on depriving me of ever owning another SUV again.

I sympathize with the desire to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but not on concerns of global warming. It makes sense to invest in cleaner technologies as they become available.

But do a search sometimes using the terms "greenhouse gas methane" and see if you don't start asking yourself why you always hear about carbon dioxide rather than methane.

I was going to write a long post on this topic, but I can sum it up in a few words: If the world is really serious about getting control of climate change, it will have to move toward a meat- and dairy-free diet. And it will have to do something about methane coming from landfills.

A tax on meat and dairy products? It would have to be pretty high to reduce consumption of these products, but it must be done if we are truly serious about combatting global warming. Changing the light bulbs in my house ain't gonna do it. If we're going to do it, we have to do it.