Save the planet - go vegetarian....

He's kinda right though you know, the production of meat creates incredible amounts of greenhouse gasses. With that said, brb, ham sandwich time.
 
it's cows that cause the most methane gas to build up breaking down the o-zone layer, so eating more cows will save the planet.

I also don't understand vegatarians who do it to "save the planet" we need plants to photosynthesize for our oxygen, if we eat planst, we're destroying our means of breathing.

so they decide to eat and destroy the trees and plants they're trying to save?.... :confused:
 
mac1st3 said:
it's cows that cause the most methane gas to build up breaking down the o-zone layer, so eating more cows will save the planet.

I also don't understand vegatarians who do it to "save the planet" we need plants to photosynthesize for our oxygen, if we eat planst, we're destroying our means of breathing.

so they decide to eat and destroy the trees and plants they're trying to save?.... :confused:
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1. "Eating more cows" will not save the planet as they're replaced.

2. I believe most vegatarians are unlikely to tuck into a little bit of oak or pine tree every now and then :rolleyes:
 
Whilst this kind of article is clearly nonsensical in the sense that you couldn't possibly get the world to turn vegetarian, it wouldn't surprise me if Labour tried bringing in an additional meat tax.
 
Eating meat is a very inefficient way of feeding people though. The amount of crops and energy it takes to grow a cow would much better just growing vegetables for human consumption.

I personaly don't buy into the great global warming swindle as I don't think global warming is man made, I do however question whether there are enough resources on the planet to feed every person with the typical meat based western diet.
 
int said:
1. "Eating more cows" will not save the planet as they're replaced.

2. I believe most vegatarians are unlikely to tuck into a little bit of oak or pine tree every now and then :rolleyes:
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pfft that's wuss talk there

I think we've found ourselves a vegetarian hippy here guys, let's beat him with our alpha sticks :p

but you realise the cows bit was a joke right?

and obviously they'll not eat trees, but to me, it makesw no sense that they want to protect the planet, but eat vegetation which is essentially what is saving the planet. and obviously eating a lettuce a day isn't going to have a massive effect on the environment, like deforestation, but you understand where I'm coming from? this does however have the issue - if veggies don't eat meat, and can't morally eat vegetables, what's left for them to eat? :p
 
Dark_Angel said:
Is it true that if you don't eat meat then you aren't alpha?
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Absolutely! :D

platypus said:
Whilst this kind of article is clearly nonsensical in the sense that you couldn't possibly get the world to turn vegetarian, it wouldn't surprise me if Labour tried bringing in an additional meat tax.
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Oh don't! As if good quality meat isn't expensive enough already! :(

I do understand what the article is driving at, but it is clearly such a lame way of tackling the problem.

If we stopped eating cows for example, we'd still need them for milk so we'd still have cows, and probably more of them as dairy consumption would probably go up as a result. Furthermore, the ones we didn't eat would just be culled - and the tree huggers wouldn't be happy with that now either!

Personally I'm a fan of lean meats, but you can't beat a steak from time to time or lamb! Yum!

Humans were designed to eat veg and meat and as such we include them in our diet in a balanced way for optimum health and quality of life.

I fear what platypus said may be a concept being thought out!
 
magick said:
Eating meat is a very inefficient way of feeding people though. The amount of crops and energy it takes to grow a cow would much better just growing vegetables for human consumption.
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This much is clear. There at 4.5 billion cows sheep and goats on the planet, with a collective biomass (and food requirement) larger than the 7 bn humans.

If the human population is going to grow by an extra 2 bn they will need to eat something. Getting ride of half of the cows, sheep and goats would free up enough primary production (crops) to feed the extra people.

If we keep the same diet we have now, it's far from clear how we are going to feed the extra people.
 
Freefaller said:
Oh don't! As if good quality meat isn't expensive enough already! :(

I do understand what the article is driving at, but it is clearly such a lame way of tackling the problem.

If we stopped eating cows for example, we'd still need them for milk so we'd still have cows, and probably more of them as dairy consumption would probably go up as a result. Furthermore, the ones we didn't eat would just be culled - and the tree huggers wouldn't be happy with that now either!

Personally I'm a fan of lean meats, but you can't beat a steak from time to time or lamb! Yum!

Humans were designed to eat veg and meat and as such we include them in our diet in a balanced way for optimum health and quality of life.

I fear what platypus said may be a concept being thought out!
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Well if you're just going to cull the cows after a life of dairy, might as well eat them too :p.

Just don't let Gordon see this thread!
 
clv101 said:
This much is clear. There at 4.5 billion cows sheep and goats on the planet, with a collective biomass (and food requirement) larger than the 7 bn humans.

If the human population is going to grow by an extra 2 bn they will need to eat something. Getting ride of half of the cows, sheep and goats would free up enough primary production (crops) to feed the extra people.

If we keep the same diet we have now, it's far from clear how we are going to feed the extra people.
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Cull the third world instead so I can keep eating my steaks :cool:
 
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