From The Ridiculous to The Sublime: "Britons need to eat fewer baked beans because of impact of ‘smelly emissions’ on global warming, peer warns"

Daily Mirror: BRITS were yesterday given a bizarre warning to cut down on baked beans because of the impact of “smelly emissions” on global warming.

Concerns have previously been voiced about the effect of methane coming from cow flatulence. But Climate Change Minister Lady Verma yesterday urged the public to “moderate” their behaviour after Labour peer Viscount Simon raised questions in the House of Lords about the impact of human eating habits.

Viscount Simon, 73, said: “A programme on the BBC stated this country has the largest production of baked beans and the largest consumption of baked beans in the world.

“Could you say whether this affects the calculation of global warming by the Government as a result of the smelly emission?” .... Read More of this Trumpton tale here>>>...