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Stop Global Warming: EAT MEAT

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Stop Global Warming: EAT MEAT

Cow 'output' big source of global warming

from JoeUser Forums

If you missed the headlines here: Cow 'emissions' more damaging to planet than CO2 from cars then you may not get the drift, but just take a few seconds to read up a bit in that article and you'll be back on the same page I would be here.

With cow's doing so much damage to the environment and speeding along global warming, I want to make it clear that I am absolutely doing my part to solve the problem.  I consume my share (and then some) of the beef that is produced and sold in the United States.  These evil cows will be the death of us all if left unchecked and even though Chick-Fil-A's cows may encourage me to eat chicken instead (see image below), I do my part to wipe out both types of critters (cows and chickens).

Eat Mor Chikin

What the article referenced in my first paragraph tells me is that we should be blaming PETA and VEGANs for global warming as they are the folks that are doing everything possible to not eat meat and/or to convince others not to eat meat.

Sorry cows (and sorry to the chickens too), but it's in my best interest, and the interest of the entire world to EAT MEAT.

Now all I need to do is convert a vegan a day and perhaps we'll be able to save the world, or at least the polar ice caps.  < big wide evil grin >

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
Humanity would be able to feed about 6-7x more people if we stopped producing meat and started producing vegetals instead.


That's not necessarily true. Most grazing terrain in Australia, for example, is incapable of supporting full-scale agriculture. The same goes for hill grazing areas in other countries - it's just not possible to efficiently grow root or grass crops on most grazing terrains. So growing sheep on hills and cattle on barren lands is actually the most efficient and sustainable use of the land.
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
:::: Pulls out knife, slices out big, juicy hunk of steak::::

I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE CHEWING!
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
The fallacy in that argument is that we do not have enough to feed the whole world now. We do. It is a matter of distribution, not supply.


However, with the speed of actual population growth, we would better switch to vegetarian food if we want to feed everybody.

So growing sheep on hills and cattle on barren lands is actually the most efficient and sustainable use of the land.


I will have to check those facts with Agro-Specialists in my university before agreeing/rejecting your point. But you do make sense. However, we still need a lot more vegetals to produce meat than if we eated the vegetals directly.. Which means, in lots of places where we have highly intensive animal herding (such as commercial ranches), it would be a lot better for the environnement, human cholesterol and food production-efficiency to use these lands as vegetable-growing.