Comments on: Combat Global Warming – Eat Vegan

By: Lane

Lane — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:22:59 +0000

Hi Vegan,
Yes, you would think there’d be a push to reduce meat consumption. But there’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes. I don’t know much about the animal industry lobbies, but I assume they’re very powerful.
It’s also a difficult concept for most people to get their heads around. Just think about when you tell people you’re going vegan… The first question tends to be, “but what do you eat?” We are conditioned to think of meat as the main component to any meal. And unless you’re in an environment that is vegan-friendly, you might never be exposed to vegan foods.

Hey Alex,
Thanks for the links. We too, love Livestock’s Long Shadow (although it is a tad dry). I particularly liked your statement, “Fuel efficient vehicles? Clean energy? Public transportation? Regulate carbon? Clean air? Pollution tax? Re-forestation? Yes! But what about that which stares you in the face every morning, noon, and night: your meal. The question is, do you really care or are you just pretending?”
For a lot of people, I believe it’s about education. There are other things out there that you can eat besides meat, but unless you do a little reading (or have access to vegan-friendly resources), you’d never know it.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:28:03 +0000

This is an important topic. I wrote a post here:

http://www.not-quiteright.net/tvg/2008/06/an-environmentalist-omnivore.html

and here:

http://www.not-quiteright.net/tvg/2008/06/im-curious-if-you-believe.html

By: Vegan

Vegan — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:01:40 +0000

Excellent post! I’ve been telling everyone I know about how a person vegan diet uses 1/6 of the land that a meat eater does and how much better it is for our environment. You would think that there would be more of a movement to encourage less meat consumption and production but the US seems to be so routed in it’s agricultural factory farming mess that no one sees beyond it…