Vegetarianism is Crucial for Our Future (companies, propaganda, votes, 2014)

[QuakerBaker]

Besides moral issues to how animals are raised and slaughtered by meat companies...there are efficiency issues that tie into pollution and land use.

The world's population is growing. America's population is growing. We need more and more food.

Plants to eat are simply more efficient and cleaner for the environment than meat.


30% of the earth's landmass is now used to either raise animals for meat or for feed for those animals.

70% of all grain grown are not for humans, but to feed animals for slaughter.

80% of all deforested land within the rainforest is for cattle.

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Jump for soy!

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Holy Cow!!!

Protect the Planet With a Vegetarian Diet - ChooseVeg.in

I am not saying you all must become vegetarians...and NO...you are NOT evil if you eat meat....but wouldn't it help so many things if we reduced our meat consumption even if just a little bit....each doing our part? I think we can make a difference...yes!

For humor:

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[PedroMartinez]

I'll continue to eat meat regardless of stupid liberal policies and propaganda.

[ohhwanderlust]

I don't think most people have enough self-control and delayed gratification to actively reduce meat consumption. Most people just want to grab whatever's convenient, cheap, tasty, and familiar and put it in their mouths.

Once lab grown meat is widely available and cheap, people will switch to that, which will have a similar environmental sparing effect.

[Grlzrl]

For some reason, I feel like having a big, juicy steak tonight.

[Goodnight]

The OP is right but its hard to change human behavior whether its fossil fuels or meat, slow transitions are best.

[StrawberrySoup]

Originally Posted by QuakerBaker

The world's population is growing.

See, now there's your basic problem.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by ohhwanderlust

I don't think most people have enough self-control and delayed gratification to actively reduce meat consumption. Most people just want to grab whatever's convenient, cheap, tasty, and familiar and put it in their mouths.

Once lab grown meat is widely available and cheap, people will switch to that, which will have a similar environmental sparing effect.

Enjoy those GMOs.

[StrawberrySoup]

Originally Posted by ohhwanderlust

Once lab grown meat is widely available and cheap, people will switch to that, which will have a similar environmental sparing effect.

It's called Arby's.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by StrawberrySoup

See, now there's your basic problem.

We could maintain the number of people in the US by regulating immigration; however, liberal policies require our population to always increase, and the DNC needs them to be poor in order to get tgeir votes to continue those policies.

[elan]

Originally Posted by Grlzrl

For some reason, I feel like having a big, juicy steak tonight.

Yep. Garden fresh salad greens, onions and tomatoes. Baked potato. Iced tea. AND, a big fat medium rare rib eye steak. Life is good.