Comments on: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint http://veganbits.com/reducing-your-carbon-footprint/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lane http://veganbits.com/reducing-your-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 Lane Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:39:41 +0000 http://veganbits.com/?p=352#comment-2363 Hi Elizabeth, Jane and I are more cynical. We suspect that the media is afraid of alienating their sponsors, and that's probably the main reason why going vegan is never (very rarely) mentioned as a green alternative. Hi Elizabeth,
Jane and I are more cynical. We suspect that the media is afraid of alienating their sponsors, and that’s probably the main reason why going vegan is never (very rarely) mentioned as a green alternative.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://veganbits.com/reducing-your-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-2354 Elizabeth Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:02:02 +0000 http://veganbits.com/?p=352#comment-2354 The way this economy is ridicoulus. It's as if they never heard of a vegan or going green! The way this economy is ridicoulus. It’s as if they never heard of a vegan or going green!

]]> By: Lane http://veganbits.com/reducing-your-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-2187 Lane Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:17:07 +0000 http://veganbits.com/?p=352#comment-2187 Hi Justin, It's my understanding that the primary reason eating meat in general is wasteful is that even rabbits and chickens need to be fed. People can eat the grains that are being fed to animals. So by eating meat, you are introducing a step which requires a certain amount of grain to be fed to an animal (to raise it to maturity) which then produces a much smaller amount of meat. That's inefficient. Eric Marcus over at vegan.com has written that chickens, in particular are an "efficient" meat. After thinking about this for awhile I'm not sure I agree with him, as the chicken still has to be raised before it is killed for food, and it consumes more finished food product than it results in after it is processed. Anyway <a href ="http://veganbits.com/arguing-for-vegetarianism/ ">here's the link</a> to our post on Marcus' info including a link to his article and reader comments. Hope this helps. Hi Justin,
It’s my understanding that the primary reason eating meat in general is wasteful is that even rabbits and chickens need to be fed. People can eat the grains that are being fed to animals. So by eating meat, you are introducing a step which requires a certain amount of grain to be fed to an animal (to raise it to maturity) which then produces a much smaller amount of meat. That’s inefficient.

Eric Marcus over at vegan.com has written that chickens, in particular are an “efficient” meat. After thinking about this for awhile I’m not sure I agree with him, as the chicken still has to be raised before it is killed for food, and it consumes more finished food product than it results in after it is processed. Anyway here’s the link to our post on Marcus’ info including a link to his article and reader comments.
Hope this helps.

]]> By: Justin http://veganbits.com/reducing-your-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-2178 Justin Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:55:12 +0000 http://veganbits.com/?p=352#comment-2178 I've seen the Nat Geo program, and also enjoyed it. One thing I'm unsure of (not a vegan myself) is why eating meat that isn't necessarily as wasteful as say, grain fed beef, is wasteful. What about rabbits, or other animals which multiply quickly and do not require such large amounts of plant food as beef? I'm just wondering here. I’ve seen the Nat Geo program, and also enjoyed it. One thing I’m unsure of (not a vegan myself) is why eating meat that isn’t necessarily as wasteful as say, grain fed beef, is wasteful. What about rabbits, or other animals which multiply quickly and do not require such large amounts of plant food as beef? I’m just wondering here.

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]]> By: Allie’s Answers » Blog Archive » Carnival of the Green # 138! http://veganbits.com/reducing-your-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 Allie’s Answers » Blog Archive » Carnival of the Green # 138! Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:46:07 +0000 http://veganbits.com/?p=352#comment-2019 [...] How green is your garden?  Gardeners’ Tips shows us how to have a carbon neutral garden.  And Vegan Bits talks about reducing your carbon footprint. [...] [...] How green is your garden?  Gardeners’ Tips shows us how to have a carbon neutral garden.  And Vegan Bits talks about reducing your carbon footprint. [...]

]]> By: Lane http://veganbits.com/reducing-your-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-2015 Lane Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:52:46 +0000 http://veganbits.com/?p=352#comment-2015 Hi Alex, Jane and I believe that convenience seems to be the most important component in getting people to change. Part of our mission here is to point out how easy and convenient it is to go vegan. Hopefully we're not simply "preaching to the choir" and can actually make an impact. Hi Alex,
Jane and I believe that convenience seems to be the most important component in getting people to change. Part of our mission here is to point out how easy and convenient it is to go vegan. Hopefully we’re not simply “preaching to the choir” and can actually make an impact.

]]> By: Alex http://veganbits.com/reducing-your-carbon-footprint/comment-page-1/#comment-2003 Alex Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:54:39 +0000 http://veganbits.com/?p=352#comment-2003 This omission (“Go Vegan”) is fairly consistent throughout the environmentalist movement. A compilation of the most common policy proposals and suggested lifestyle alterations shows that this prescription is absent, and it's revealing. I've written about this before because it seems to me that this omission illuminates both an internal contradiction in "new environmentalist" and hypocrisy on the part of environmentalists. This omission (“Go Vegan”) is fairly consistent throughout the environmentalist movement. A compilation of the most common policy proposals and suggested lifestyle alterations shows that this prescription is absent, and it’s revealing.

I’ve written about this before because it seems to me that this omission illuminates both an internal contradiction in “new environmentalist” and hypocrisy on the part of environmentalists.

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