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Old 01-11-2008, 12:14 AM   #8 (permalink)
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One more link on the connections between meat eating & global warming, the UN report Livestock's Long Shadow:

LEAD digital library: Livestock’s long shadow - Environmental issues and options

Really, if you consider that it takes 16 pounds of grain to make 1 pound of meat, and you think about all the fuel used in raising & shipping the grain, let alone all the other factors (see above report or at least the executive summary), it's obvious that meat consumption is a huge part of the problem. Not the only part, and maybe not exactly 99%, but a huge part nonetheless.
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