The Societal Ramifications & Consequences of the Making and Taking of Food

This site dedicated to the matters of food above and beyond the mere satiation of flavors on one's palette; but rather the ramifications to society from the consequences of how its' production, distribution, and nutrition affect living systems. How we sow, reap, harvest, legislate and base our economic systems on food is key to how we ultimately treat each other and the Earth.

Friday, November 13, 2009

World Watch Meat and global warming greenhouse gases










You and...Al Gore, 

for years vegans and vegetarians have been trying to get none other than the famous global warming mascot to condemn the eating of meat for the reason that it releases so much methane, far worse than carbon dioxide, in addition to all the fuel and water that go into growing the grain and hauling it around for the cows to eventually eat it.

In several of his interviews to promote his most recent book on climate change, “Our Choice,” environmental campaigner, former US Vice President and Nobel Prize laureate Al Gore has spoken with US broadcast journalist Diane Sawyer and Australian Leigh Sales on the role of meat reduction in halting global warming. 

When Ms. Sales asked if he agreed with British climate expert Lord Nicholas Stern’s call for people to be vegetarian to reduce emissions, Mr. Gore replied, “It’s a legitimate point of view. 
Nick Stern is a very able advocate for whom I have enormous respect… I have cut back sharply on the meat that I eat and it’s absolutely correct that the growing meat intensity of diets around the world is one of the issues connected to this global crisis. Not only because of the CO2 involved, but also because of the water consumed in the process.” 


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http://www.suprememastertv.com/save-our-planet/Al-Gore-recommends-reducing-meat-to-address-global-warming.html

Here is the link to the World Watch Report