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Factoring meat into our carbon footprint : Comments
By Brian Sherman, published 30/7/2007Reducing meat and dairy consumption, or even better becoming a vegetarian, is an easy way to help address global warming.
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Growing crops to feed animals in cages is both wasteful and cruel. It is certainly not a less greenhouse-emission-intensive way to produce meat than grazing.
Obviously a sudden decrease in demand would not immediately translate to less livestock-raising activity and a consequent drop in methane. Changes in demand are only gradually followed by supply.
Mountains of low-grade factory-farmed meat don't do anyone any good.
But small amounts of high-quality, free-range meat, eggs & dairy products from healthy, well-cared-for animals are good for healthy humans and not particularly detrimental for the planet as a whole.
Voluntary veganism doesn't hurt anyone, but you can't compel it or sell it to everyone.