Friday, May 4, 2007

Something you can do for all the bunnies, buds, and future babies.

Funny that when you are watching Oprah or one of the other shows on global warming and going green that they don't mention the most pressing matter effecting climate change- MEAT!


I am ALL about going green. I am ashamed of what we have done to the environment. Humans are notoriously blind to the damage we do. But one thing keeps getting pushed aside. Probably because people will change a light bulb but won't even entertain the idea of skipping the quarter pounder they are cooking for dinner. So, instead of even talking about the single most damaging thing we are doing, we pretend it doesn't matter. We leave it off Oprah and An Inconvenient Truth. But let's cut Oprah and Al Gore some slack. After all, Oprah was sued by the Texas cattle producers, causing her to have to meet up with Dr. Phil for the first time and get serious therapy. Beef producers are scary! And, Al Gore is a beef producer. He comes from a long line of cattle-men and therefore decided to leave out the fact that MEAT PRODUCTION IN AMERICA IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CAUSE OF GREENHOUSE GASES.

Woops, forgot to mention that.


Don't get me wrong, I am all for every single thing we can do to combat all the damage we have done to the planet but we need to look at the GREATEST cause as well. Don't leave anything out, but especially not the most significant thing, even if it makes us run to Dr. Phil.


For more information on this blunder please visit Go Veg, you gotta read this page.


If you don't believe me then ask the UN: In a groundbreaking 2006 report, the United Nations (U.N.) said that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined. Senior U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization official Henning Steinfeld reported that the meat industry is “one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems.”

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