UN: Eat less meat to help curb global warming

[CrAz3D]

I just had fried chicken.

[Sidoh]

This seems a lot less difficult than everyone is making it out to be. Have cereal for breakfast, tomato soup for lunch, and pizza for dinner. One day a week.

I'll give it a shot.

I don't think it would be difficult.  I do, however, think there are alternatives that are probably help the environment and my health more.  I don't go anywhere extremely far away, but I probably only drive my car 1-2 days a week.  Every other day, I'm riding my bike.

[Rule]

I think the fact you're eating an intelligent, feeling animal is much more of a turn off than the prospect that it might contribute to global warming, or that it might be unhealthy.

[iago]

I think choosing to walk or ride your bike one day out of the week is probably a viable (maybe even more effective?) alternative.

That's the funny thing -- the meat industry causes more greenhouse gases than any other industry.

So if you take the volume of greenhouse gasses produced per hour and divide it by the population, it's greater than what you'd produce from driving an average car around for an hour?  Do you have sources?

The article I quoted in the first post basically says that. :P

But here's another, also from the UN:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20772&Cr=global&Cr1=environment (because their site is broken for me, here's the google cache version)

I'm also not saying that you should drive more and eat meat less, that would be basically the same mistake as what rabbit said -- that cutting down is irrelevant. Everything helps. :)

And incidentally, eating vegetarian can be great. Falafels, any kind of pasta (tomato/mushroom sauce is awesome, as is garlic/lemon sauce), cereal/oatmeal/toast (I like plain cereal/oatmeal with fresh or freeze dried fruit), veggie wraps with hummus, various kinds of soups, breads (I like focaccia loaf), pizza, stews, stir fries with rice or noodles (I like using fresh garden vegetables, anything can basically be fried together. Right now is harvest time, so it's awesome!), to name a few. Now I'm hungry. :)

But yeah, one day a week, it can't hurt! And it's not a zero sum -- nothing's stopping you from doing both! :)

I think the fact you're eating an intelligent, feeling animal is much more of a turn off than the prospect that it might contribute to global warming, or that it might be unhealthy.

Heh, I agree 100%, but that argument is irrelevant in this thread. :P

[leet_muffin]

Which further proves my point: abolish the UN.

[Sidoh]

But yeah, one day a week, it can't hurt! And it's not a zero sum -- nothing's stopping you from doing both! :)

I'm not saying it's a zero sum.  I'm saying I don't feel guilty for eating the way I do because I'm already doing a fair amount to reduce my "carbon footprint".

[iago]

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Ok, we get it, you're trolling this thread to try getting a response. Nobody cares.

[iago]

But yeah, one day a week, it can't hurt! And it's not a zero sum -- nothing's stopping you from doing both! :)

I'm not saying it's a zero sum.  I'm saying I don't feel guilty for eating the way I do because I'm already doing a fair amount to reduce my "carbon footprint".

That's cool. Do more! :D

[Sidoh]

But yeah, one day a week, it can't hurt! And it's not a zero sum -- nothing's stopping you from doing both! :)

I'm not saying it's a zero sum.  I'm saying I don't feel guilty for eating the way I do because I'm already doing a fair amount to reduce my "carbon footprint".

That's cool. Do more! :D

I might when I have less to worry about.  I'm not going to make a simple task like eating more difficult when I already have as much as I do on my plate (no pun intended).

[iago]

I might when I have less to worry about.  I'm not going to make a simple task like eating more difficult when I already have as much as I do on my plate (no pun intended).

That's cool, too. I'm just happy to raise awareness, most people don't even realize it.

(That's why the first thing you should ask any environmentalist (like Al Gore) is if they eat meat. :) )

[CrAz3D]

I had steak for dinner.

[Blaze]

I had steak for dinner.

You're so cool, you don't care about the environment.. and that's pretty damn cool.  :smith:

[Camel]

One meat-free day per week? I definitely love steak, but I don't think I've ever eaten meat all 7 days of any week in my entire life.

[CrAz3D]

I had a burger for dinner.

I had pasta on Tuesday though!!!