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Would you change your eating habits out of concern for global warming?
Would you change your eating habits out of concern for global warming?
1.
Most definitely. There is more to the planet than my personal desires. If I can cut down on or give up meat to benefit everyone living on this planet, than I am going to.
2. Is there any data on wild-game? duck?antelope? deer? elk? A vegan, before moving to Wyoming nearly two decades ago, our diet is primarily grains (What effect will the rice situation have on our choices-cost factor?) and legumes, augmented by game. My husband has not "hunted," in over a decade-the game is gifted. Cost is a key factor in our diet, We grow our own cherries, plums, currents, grapes, tomatoes, most of our greens-space is a factor come winter and greenhouse reliance, when heating means and cost rears its greedy head again!
3. To Eugene H. note I never said Mexican Decent, Nor did I say Mexican Citizen. I said Illegal Alien, it just happens that the largest group fo illegals is Mexican. And all I am asking is go home and consume goods in Mexico, polute Mexican air, polute Mexican water, polute Mexican land. Stop entering the USA illegally, you are not wanted here. "Send us your tired, poor, and hungry was A French sentiment not an American Idea. Stay in your own country and ASK to enter ours BEFORE you enter OURS.
4. There is nothing conflicting about the science of global warming. The scientific consensus reflected in the latest IPCC report is clear: the earth is warming, the cause is largely anthropogenic, and we can expect difficulties as a result. There certainly are ideological conflicts, but let’s not confuse those with facts. The good news is that because this is a man made problem, it has a man-made solution. We need to make different choices about how we use energy.
5. Andrea got it partially right... too many people. But the real issue is why are there too many people. We, humans, are analogous to a virus. Our abilities to adapt to changing conditions, reorganize and consume the resources of the host position us to become the ultimate virus. Eventually we will "kill" the host, the earth as we know it today. The only capability we still need to become the ultimate virus is the ability to reach new hosts to infect… but this is why we have the innate desire to explore and move to new lands… and planets. As the bumper sticker says, "Earth First (we can strip mine the others later)".
6. what a wonderful article, thank you.
7. I think this is great. Less meat eaters in this world would make a difference not only with there healthy but with the environment.
8. As some folks indicate the issue of GHG emissions and food is extremely complex. If one wants to jump to a solution without giving the matter careful consideration, I'd suggest we eat all the vegetarians. Fewer people = fewer emissions, problem solved.
9. Personally, I think Ms. York and the Compass Group, will be short-lived. I cannot forsee down sizing a portion of beef will help, it will only promote someone to buy two orders which in turn forces companies to order more food because of the demand. I also believe that you will not convince the majority of sports enthusiasts to eat a veggie burger. The Compass Group may be digging their own grave in the business world. In order to buy into this they will need to make it a law.
10. was a locally grown grass fed beef, slaughtered at a local slaughter plant, and trucked only 100 miles to the local food vendor, and given credit for carbon offsets because it helped nurture a healthy pasture considered as an alternative for 'beef'? Same story on cheese... was a local grass based dairy used in calculating carbon foot print? When determining the carbon foot print of chickens and vegetables, did you include the 'cost' of carbon released into the air when soil is plowed, and the fuel it takes to till the land to grow the vegetables or the grain? How is it these viable and healthy alternatives were 'overlooked'???
Submitted by: Jennifer
2. Is there any data on wild-game? duck?antelope? deer? elk? A vegan, before moving to Wyoming nearly two decades ago, our diet is primarily grains (What effect will the rice situation have on our choices-cost factor?) and legumes, augmented by game. My husband has not "hunted," in over a decade-the game is gifted. Cost is a key factor in our diet, We grow our own cherries, plums, currents, grapes, tomatoes, most of our greens-space is a factor come winter and greenhouse reliance, when heating means and cost rears its greedy head again!
Submitted by: renaud@tctwest.net
3. To Eugene H. note I never said Mexican Decent, Nor did I say Mexican Citizen. I said Illegal Alien, it just happens that the largest group fo illegals is Mexican. And all I am asking is go home and consume goods in Mexico, polute Mexican air, polute Mexican water, polute Mexican land. Stop entering the USA illegally, you are not wanted here. "Send us your tired, poor, and hungry was A French sentiment not an American Idea. Stay in your own country and ASK to enter ours BEFORE you enter OURS.
Submitted by: JAWS
4. There is nothing conflicting about the science of global warming. The scientific consensus reflected in the latest IPCC report is clear: the earth is warming, the cause is largely anthropogenic, and we can expect difficulties as a result. There certainly are ideological conflicts, but let’s not confuse those with facts. The good news is that because this is a man made problem, it has a man-made solution. We need to make different choices about how we use energy.
Submitted by: JB
5. Andrea got it partially right... too many people. But the real issue is why are there too many people. We, humans, are analogous to a virus. Our abilities to adapt to changing conditions, reorganize and consume the resources of the host position us to become the ultimate virus. Eventually we will "kill" the host, the earth as we know it today. The only capability we still need to become the ultimate virus is the ability to reach new hosts to infect… but this is why we have the innate desire to explore and move to new lands… and planets. As the bumper sticker says, "Earth First (we can strip mine the others later)".
Submitted by: WHS
6. what a wonderful article, thank you.
Submitted by: love my food
7. I think this is great. Less meat eaters in this world would make a difference not only with there healthy but with the environment.
Submitted by: Carolann
8. As some folks indicate the issue of GHG emissions and food is extremely complex. If one wants to jump to a solution without giving the matter careful consideration, I'd suggest we eat all the vegetarians. Fewer people = fewer emissions, problem solved.
Submitted by: Soylent Green
9. Personally, I think Ms. York and the Compass Group, will be short-lived. I cannot forsee down sizing a portion of beef will help, it will only promote someone to buy two orders which in turn forces companies to order more food because of the demand. I also believe that you will not convince the majority of sports enthusiasts to eat a veggie burger. The Compass Group may be digging their own grave in the business world. In order to buy into this they will need to make it a law.
Submitted by: Just Wondering
10. was a locally grown grass fed beef, slaughtered at a local slaughter plant, and trucked only 100 miles to the local food vendor, and given credit for carbon offsets because it helped nurture a healthy pasture considered as an alternative for 'beef'? Same story on cheese... was a local grass based dairy used in calculating carbon foot print? When determining the carbon foot print of chickens and vegetables, did you include the 'cost' of carbon released into the air when soil is plowed, and the fuel it takes to till the land to grow the vegetables or the grain? How is it these viable and healthy alternatives were 'overlooked'???
Submitted by: not so sure