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In reply to the discussion: People Still Don't Get the Link between Meat Consumption and Climate Change [View all]Marengo
(3,477 posts)89. Interesting and thought provoking response.
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People Still Don't Get the Link between Meat Consumption and Climate Change [View all]
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
OP
Well, for millennia, that meat wasn't raised as an "industrial product," nor as much of it consumed
villager
Apr 2016
#54
If you have a human population of less than one billion, that doesn't matter
FLPanhandle
Apr 2016
#60
Sure, let's ignore everything else until a 70% die-off! Steaks and SUVs all around!
villager
Apr 2016
#65
Actually, the extent of yours seems to be: "What can I say to get myself off the hook?"
villager
Apr 2016
#75
How much of what they consume is irrelevant? The nature of economic exploitation
RadiationTherapy
Apr 2016
#57
Restaurant offerings are part of the problem considering how many people eat out in the USA
Person 2713
Apr 2016
#2
People still don't get the link between chemical GMO industrial agriculture and climate change
AxionExcel
Apr 2016
#3
Considering how much land we've converted to fields, fueled with synthetic fertilizer
NickB79
Apr 2016
#12
the main problem is the methane produced by the massive numbers of livestock
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#21
there are lots of things that can be addressed, but eating less meat is a simple and easy way to
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#19
This is actually what caused my stint in vegetarianism, which kicked my arse
hereforthevoting
Apr 2016
#27
there are also horrible religious moements who think they need to over-produce babies
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#40
"The right of the people to keep and bear children shall not be infringed."
GliderGuider
Apr 2016
#44
People who reproduce are deliberately and consciously infringing on you rights?
Marengo
Apr 2016
#48
The post I responded to seemed to be suggesting the right didn't exist in the present...
Marengo
Apr 2016
#43
I don't know about your numbers-- it's a tricky calculation-- but I agree with your basic conclusion
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#39
the problem is massive factory animal farming, not just some cows grazing on natural land
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#83
Conversely, I switched to an almost-completely meat-based diet three years ago
GliderGuider
Apr 2016
#84