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GliderGuider

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22. That's exactly the course I'm following

Wed May 14, 2014, 06:57 AM

May 2014

Taking the advice of people like Nora Gedgaudas, Volek and Phinney, and Gary Taubes (oh yeah, and Robert Atkins, pbuh!). I've been gluten and lactose free for over a year now, and the results have convinced me to take the final step.

But when one's dietary requirements and ecological beliefs run head-on into each other like this, there's quite the cognitively dissonant crash!

Thanks!

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Grist: Debunking the meat/climate change myth [View all] GliderGuider May 2014 OP

I have adopted the policy of ignoring EVERY article saying "Don't Eat This" Demeter May 2014 #1

do you really think... handmade34 May 2014 #4

I have been highly incredulous pipoman May 2014 #2

nefarious? handmade34 May 2014 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author villager May 2014 #28

"It is not the livestock; it is the way they are raised" handmade34 May 2014 #3

It is the way corporations are raising livestock liberal N proud May 2014 #6

The root problem is the number of people on the planet. GliderGuider May 2014 #7

It is a cost thing.. pipoman May 2014 #8

that does not dismiss handmade34 May 2014 #9

The mass production of grain contributes as much or more to AGW and environmental disasters GliderGuider May 2014 #10

I would be the first handmade34 May 2014 #11

According to the FAO the world produces 8 times as much cereal grain as livestock. GliderGuider May 2014 #13

Your comment got me wondering GliderGuider May 2014 #16

it is not quid pro quo though... handmade34 May 2014 #17

There's no arguing with any of that. GliderGuider May 2014 #18

get off all grains poopfuel May 2014 #19

That's exactly the course I'm following GliderGuider May 2014 #22

I agree with you. I have just learned about most upaloopa May 2014 #30

Seems like mass production in general might be an issue The2ndWheel May 2014 #12

That's the premise of Craig Dilworth's book "Too Smart For Our Own Good" GliderGuider May 2014 #14

That *is* the underlying problem: Nihil May 2014 #21

It's what makes Homo sapiens an inherently unsustainable species. nt GliderGuider Jun 2014 #34

Exactly. The citation in the OP actually confirms the assertion, and the connection villager May 2014 #29

A lot of important points here caraher May 2014 #15

You summarise it well. Nihil May 2014 #20

1 kg per person per day (people) is less than 6.7 billion tonnes per year (transportation) muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #23

And of course there's the issue that exhaled CO2 is part of the short-term carbon cycle. GliderGuider May 2014 #24

Total CO2 equivalent from grass-based v. mixed-system cattle muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #25

Thanks! nt GliderGuider May 2014 #26

I disagree completely. upaloopa May 2014 #27

k! stuntcat May 2014 #31

I'm afraid this article is so much... well, bullshit - pardon the expression. Bill USA May 2014 #32

I wondered if I should keep kicking this but stuntcat Jun 2014 #33

You're really going? I will miss you. GliderGuider Jun 2014 #35

Years ago DU was the only place I could find a group who cared about the one thing I did stuntcat Jun 2014 #36

Report supports shutdown of all high seas fisheries stuntcat Jun 2014 #37

this proud thread needs a kick, I think! stuntcat Jul 2014 #38

It might be better to post some of the links from your last 2 posts as OPs caraher Jul 2014 #39

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet stuntcat Jul 2014 #40

51% of human caused ghg stuntcat Jul 2014 #41