Let’s keep sanity in the global warming discussions
We all need to be aware of global warming and the flow on changes to our climate and we must take it seriously across all societies.
Some people seem to be happily going totally overboard however. Heather Mills is a case in point here. Her views are over the top and the problem with this is that it actually devalues the importance of the need for action by all of us, when some celebrities become unnecessarily extreme.
I would have to agree that clearing Amazon rain forest to grow beef cattle seems to be a double whammy of insanity. Ruminant animals certainly do belch out enormous amounts of methane which is a very damaging greenhouse gas. Viva! director Juliet Gellatley reinforces that: “Meat and dairy animals are the second biggest cause of greenhouse gases at 18 per cent compared to 13.5 per cent from all the world’s different modes of transport combined.”
Last month, Greenpeace suggested that kangaroo meat might make a better low-methane meat for those concerned about the effects of global warming. This makes much more sense than trying to convince people to go fully vegan as well as reducing.
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