Nullify the vegetarian moral crusade
Posted on 09/24/2017 12:31:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A recent survey of 50 Nobel Prize winners found the smartest among us believe that two of the biggest threats to humanity are climate change and President Trump — and we can’t rely on the latter to help us resolve the former. The President’s swift exit from the Paris accord, rollback of key components of the Clean Power Plan and persistent denial of climate change itself (not to mention his own hot temper) make this clear.
People of conscience must tackle this issue ourselves, and one of the single best steps we can take to help fight climate change is to stop eating animals.
Going fully vegan would cut the average American’s carbon footprint in half, but simply cutting back on meat, eggs, and dairy and eating more fruits, veggies, grains, and nuts can make a significant dent. In fact, if every person in the United States ate no meat or cheese just one day a week, that would be like taking every car in the state of New York off the road — or switching every single car in the country from a sedan to a hybrid.
It may seem hard to believe that small actions like swapping chicken for chickpeas could add up to such an enormous impact. But experts agree that without individual action, we’ll never solve climate change or other environmental woes. The United Nations states that “a substantial reduction of (environmental) impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change away from animal products.”
And since we Americans are among the highest consumers of meat, that change should start with us.
The Environmental Protection Agency admits that the U.S. livestock sector is one of the largest sources of carbon dioxide pollution and the single largest emitter of methane and nitrous oxide, potent greenhouse gases. Cow flatulence is often blamed, but that’s just the tip of the melting iceberg; producing feed grains, operating factory farms, and storing and shipping meat and other animal products are all carbon-intensive practices.
That’s why producing just one calorie of meat protein for human consumption requires 28 calories of fossil-fuel energy. Meanwhile it takes just 3.3 calories of fossil-fuel energy to produce one calorie of grain protein.
If you’re ready to cut your carbon footprint but are concerned about getting your protein from grain and other plant-based sources, don’t worry. World-class athletes, our country’s top doctors, and a long list of celebrities who never seem to age all credit plant-based diets for their health and longevity.
Countless studies indicate that meat-free or low-meat diets are not just the best for our environment; they’re also the key to good health.
Trump clearly hasn’t figured this out. His heated tirades and sizzling steaks (yes, he once tried selling steaks at Sharper Image) perhaps represent the greatest threats to our already-too-hot planet.
But every day we can use the power of our forks to literally put our outrage where our mouth is and resist Trump’s anti-environment agenda. In a world where resistance can sometimes feel futile, that daily reminder — that we always have a choice — is more than a little empowering.
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Runkle is the founder and president of Mercy For Animals, an international animal protection organization.
“A recent survey of 50 Nobel Prize winners found the smartest among us believe that two of the biggest threats to humanity are climate change and President Trump”
Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.
George Orwell
“Going fully vegan would cut the average American’s carbon footprint in half”
and quickly kill off every vegan via self-induced pernicious anemia (no vitamin B-12).
Exactly. Not all land is farmable. That which isn't is often good of raising animal for consumption. Win-win!
and after everyone turns vegan, the next step is to quit producing cement and smelting/melting steel and all other industrial metals. then we can quit making plastics, which will put and end to all electronics and electrical machines, including EVs. Next, eliminate electricity itself: we won’t need it anymore anyway without plastics. And finally, people need to quit heating their homes in winter and cooling them in summer. Living in caves with natural climate control and cooking with dried dung chips should end the “threat of climate change”, no?
“Just burned out my Gaydar with an overload of limp wrist.”
whenever you visit a leftist website like NYDN, you need to add a special filter to your Gaydar device to reduce the gayness rays by several dB to avoid burning out such sensitive instruments ...
Amen to that.
I’m getting a big steak for tomorrow’s dinner - my standard response to these articles.
You got enough for some guest?? LOL :-)
Who needs homosexual detection gear with a homo like that?
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Yeah, seriously.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgRrgrcGgWY <— This is getting more and more my reaction whenever I see the pictures of these precious snowflakes.
The current grain heavy diet is KILLING Americans and they know it.
Eating more meat is indeed healthy.
Meat is what we are designed to eat.
Vegetables are what food eats.
Yep. Gotta get rid of those awful humans.
But only the conservative humans.
Cults operate this way. One of the first things they do is switch to a vegan diet with rice, beans & potatoes. It deprives the brain of essential proteins & nutrients and makes them more susceptible to suggestive persuasions.
Can Calcium scores change with this diet?
I just put four more burgers on the grill. I’m gonna eat MORE meat.
The so called smartest among us have failed to notice the real greatest threat to mankind - socialism. It’s already killed a known 100 million. Trump’s body count so far and into the foreseeable future is zero, and holding steady.
Absolutely. I can send more information about this tomorrow.
It makes sense since leftism is a cult. They have to be told what to think, how to think and who to follow politically.
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