I was talking to a friend yesterday and we stumbled across a disturbing trend that could significantly affect the rate of global warming - vegetarianism.
As the number of vegetarians increases, the number of cows, pigs and sheep left unslaughtered due to reduced demand would increase. Until these animals die from old age, the flatulence from these animals would cause a sharp increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere above developed countries, where vegetarianism is more common. If current global warming theories are correct, this could increase the rate of global warming beyond previous predictions.
Your planet needs you... don't become a vegetarian!
N.B. My sincerest apologies to all of my vegetarian friends, who are in all likelihood far healthier than I am!
Interesting given that we start as vegetarians in Genesis...
ReplyDeleteHow's the venus fly trap?
still hanging in there... :o) tenacity's the word of the month!
ReplyDeletetrue... but then, it's a different world now. We wouldn't have needed to breed so many cows if we didn't eat them.