Good afternoon and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope youre well and of course, I hope you can join me tonight for the programme at the usual time of half past six.
Our story last night got you riled judging by your emails and messages. Yesterday we looked at the story that a right-wing think tank reported that mass migration from the north to the south is the answer to decades of decay in northern towns! And heres just a selection of what you thought about that! Barbara says shes eighty-seven years old now and she was absolutely furious to hear what they said about Hull. She says, I am very proud to live in Hull. Money isnt everything. Julie Monroe left a message on our Lincolnshire hotline to say that she lived down south for thirty odd years and moved to Lincolnshire six years ago. She says, The standard of living and the people up here are second to none. I would not move back down south if you paid me. And finally Pete from Mablethorpe sent a text message to us last night and wrote, Move south? Dont do it. I moved from the south five years ago and wild horses wouldnt drag me back there. So there you go! Thanks for all ! the emails and messages about that story. Burgers Reading this headline today didnt make much sense to me at first! Ive read that an Australian scientist believes that switching from our traditional beef burgers to kangaroo burgers could significantly help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. I couldnt see the connection at first. Apparently though, the methane gas produced by sheep and cows through belching and flatulence is more potent than carbon dioxide in the damage it can cause to the environment. But kangaroos produce virtually no methane, because their digestive systems are different. Well, you learn something new every day! Sheep and cattle account for 11% of Australias carbon footprint. And eating kangaroo meat may be the answer. So could kangaroo burgers become the norm for our burger vans? Australia already produce thirty million kangaroos farmed by landholders in the outback and theyre hoping to increase that number. Unbelievably, methane is about twenty-five times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbo! n dioxide molecule for molecule. However, of course, the much greater volume of CO2 generated by human activities, such as industry and transport, means that it is the largest contributor to modern-day global warming. But switching to eating kangaroo meat could make a big difference to the amount of methane in our atmosphere! Couldnt Make It Up Heres a weird story for you. A man from the US with a hatred of paper money paid eight thousand dollars in coins at a car dealership in Ohio to buy a Chevrolet pick-up truck and then paid the rest by cheque. Thats quite a deposit!! James Jones, whos seventy, produced sixteen coffee cans full of coins to pay for his new car. And spare a thought for the poor staff at the dealership who had to spend ninety minutes counting out the coins! Mr Jones said he didnt trust banks or paper money saying that paper money will burn, but its hard to damage coins. So if you like collecting your loose change in a big jar at home, then perhaps its time for a count up. Maybe you too could pop into your local car dealership and pay for a new car in coins!! Well, that's it from me for now. I hope you can join me tonight. Take care, Peter Your email address will be held by the BBC and kept confidential, and will only be used in relation to this newsletter. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from this newsletter each time you receive it. Please visit the BBC's Privacy & Cookies Policy (www.bbc.co.uk/privacy) for more information And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box. 1.94.4
