Climate Change Nazis Now want to Destroy the Scotch Industry

Scotland is famous for the whisky it makes. But to make it, distillers heat the mixture by burning the ancient dried peat — which is matted grass and vegetable matter found in Scotland’s bogs that took centuries to compact into a medium that burns like wood or soft coal. It is this process that gives Scotch its smooth, smoky flavor.

Because it is a natural product of the earth, and because it is burned to distill the whisky, that makes peat a “fossil fuel.” And guess what that means? Yep, it is something that climate nazi's want to ban.

Is it so unreasonable an expectation for the climate change nazi's to settle for windmills and unicorn farts to replace the peat?

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ItsSteve · 46-50, M

This has actually been an issie in whiskwymaking foe a while now, and Scottish distillers have been working to redice thwir use of peat and isw secondhand peat when possible, as well as finding ways to offset the carbon use.

soar2newhighs

@ItsSteve I occasionally take a “ drop’ the queen” in the form of Chevas Regal. Or The fighting’ 69th

My feeling is if it ain’t broke, leave it alone.

ItsSteve · 46-50, M

@soar2newhighs The problem is, they're running out of peat bogs from overharvesting.

soar2newhighs

@ItsSteve No doubt they’ll recognize that and adapt, improvise and overcome it. …as they deem fit.

ItsSteve · 46-50, M

@soar2newhighs I mean, that's what they're doing. That's what the real story is about....the whiskey distillers finding a way to get the smokiness of peat without using so much peat or damaging the peat bogs in Scotland.

The problem is, nobody can ever come into these things and actually talk about the story. It's turned into some giant anti-environment rant, and what could be an interesting story about how Scottish distillers are adapting to the new landscape has gotten derailed by rants by people mad that somebody is making them eat bugs or something.

It's really a quite spectacular thing to see.

Personally, I've never been a big fan of Scotch....I'm more of a rum and gin type of person, although there are some Scotch cocktails I've liked.

soar2newhighs

@ItsSteve Good post. All other things aside I’m pretty confident they’ll work this problem out.