By Ezra Klein
'It's not simply that meat is a contributor to global warming; it's that it is a huge contributor. Larger, by a significant margin, than the global transportation sector.
Two researchers at the University of Chicago estimated that switching to a vegan diet would have a bigger impact than trading in your gas guzzler for a Prius (PDF). A study out of Carnegie Mellon University found that the average American would do less for the planet by switching to a totally local diet than by going vegetarian one day a week.
The National Resources Defense Council has a long page of suggestions for how you, too, can "fight global warming." As you'd expect, "Drive Less" is in bold letters. There's also an endorsement for "high-mileage cars such as hybrids and plug-in hybrids." They advise that you weatherize your home, upgrade to more efficient appliances and even buy carbon offsets. The word "meat" is nowhere to be found.
That's not an oversight. Telling people to give up burgers doesn't poll well.'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/28/AR2009072800390.html
If you believe in the Global Warming hysteria, which holds that only government intervention (politicians) can save humanity, do us all a favor and walk the talk; put your leather hiking boots and sandals where your meat hole is. When the government does take over health care, expect them to put their jackboot where your meat hole is.
To any Feds who really care about the environment; end the drug war and allow hemp into the system you have everyone believing is a "free market". Oh, and if you can't tell the difference between a bud and a stem, you are not my doctor.
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