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In reply to the discussion: Do you enjoy beef? You're directly contributing to climate change. Beef is the new SUV. [View all]get the red out
(13,466 posts)10. Bingo
No one dares to broach that major reality.
The constant demonization of every bite anyone puts in their mouths has gotten so old with me that when I read a food commandment it just tells me what is for dinner.
If we all switch to soy we are destroying the rain forests, eat nuts and we are destroying California. Eat chicken and get bird flu. Eat kale and destroy your thyroid. Eat fruit and get too much sugar. If we drink water and just not eat we will still either be consuming fluoride, or destroying the oceans with plastic waste.
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Do you enjoy beef? You're directly contributing to climate change. Beef is the new SUV. [View all]
philosslayer
Oct 2015
OP
So we can't eat beef or milk or cheese. We can't eat fish because of overfishing.
mainer
Oct 2015
#3
If we killed all the people who think the planet is overcrowded, would it help?
NightWatcher
Oct 2015
#32
Oddly, most of the people complaining about overcrowding are the same ones who oppose
Marr
Oct 2015
#42
There is no free lunch, no technological fix. We need to return to simplicity.
MindfulOne
Oct 2015
#103
See my post #11 -sheep and goats (really all animals emit greenhouse gases)
TexasProgresive
Oct 2015
#14
Good point, but it needs a snappy catchphrase like kids are the new coal burning power plant
Major Nikon
Oct 2015
#61
High horse? Did you miss the part where I said I had little will power and am part of the problem?
Shoulders of Giants
Oct 2015
#101
If people want details, here's an FAO report on the variations around the world
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2015
#36
Asparagus and artichokes, grown within walking distance of the back door.
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#37
Yep, you gotta watch out for those buns. Damned things will give you a heart attack.
GliderGuider
Oct 2015
#97
Yu are using a very energy īntensive medium (the internet) to tell us this. ;-)
CentralMass
Oct 2015
#82