Comments on: Reason 812,417 To Go Vegan http://veganbits.com/reason-812417-to-go-vegan/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:36:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lane http://veganbits.com/reason-812417-to-go-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-3021 Lane Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:09:46 +0000 http://veganbits.com/?p=927#comment-3021 Hi Sue, Excellent point. It does give permission to overconsume... However, policy makers are probably afraid it suggest reducing consumption. Economically, everything is geared towards increasing consumption. And we should do what we can. We are custodians of the earth. Hi Nate, I am definitely in favor of a vegan lifestyle, and I am not anti-child... but your friend could have responded that his impact ends with his demise, while yours continues until your last antecedant survives and consumes... (But don't tell him that ;)! ) The media really needs to pick up and promote the idea that eating vegan is much better for the environment. People need to be educated and it will carry much more weight if it's broadcast over the air rather than being conveyed by one person to another. Hi Sue,
Excellent point. It does give permission to overconsume… However, policy makers are probably afraid it suggest reducing consumption. Economically, everything is geared towards increasing consumption.
And we should do what we can. We are custodians of the earth.

Hi Nate,
I am definitely in favor of a vegan lifestyle, and I am not anti-child… but your friend could have responded that his impact ends with his demise, while yours continues until your last antecedant survives and consumes… (But don’t tell him that ;) ! )
The media really needs to pick up and promote the idea that eating vegan is much better for the environment. People need to be educated and it will carry much more weight if it’s broadcast over the air rather than being conveyed by one person to another.

]]> By: Nate V. http://veganbits.com/reason-812417-to-go-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-3014 Nate V. Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:56:49 +0000 http://veganbits.com/?p=927#comment-3014 I had a similar argument with some friends who are opposed to big families (really don't want to have kids) because of problems of overpopulation and use of resources. I want to have a kid or 2 and they were getting on my case for it. I then asked them, 'if it's all about consumption of resources and using less, then why wouldn't they eat vegan?" My vegan family of four could consume a lot less than a childless omnivore couple. That pretty much ended the discussion :) I had a similar argument with some friends who are opposed to big families (really don’t want to have kids) because of problems of overpopulation and use of resources. I want to have a kid or 2 and they were getting on my case for it. I then asked them, ‘if it’s all about consumption of resources and using less, then why wouldn’t they eat vegan?” My vegan family of four could consume a lot less than a childless omnivore couple. That pretty much ended the discussion :)

]]> By: Sue H http://veganbits.com/reason-812417-to-go-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-3011 Sue H Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:20:51 +0000 http://veganbits.com/?p=927#comment-3011 I completely agree with you on the credits. I'm not sure I trust the system. But more than that, it seems to give permission, even if subtlely, to overconsume just because one can afford it. We should all be doing everything we can, and veganism is a part of that. I completely agree with you on the credits. I’m not sure I trust the system. But more than that, it seems to give permission, even if subtlely, to overconsume just because one can afford it.

We should all be doing everything we can, and veganism is a part of that.

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