Read this study and tell me...?

Question

...if you're really concerned about CO2 emissions and the environment then shouldn't something be done to decrease the world's reliance on beef?

http://www.virtualcentre.org/en/library/key_pub/longshad/A0701E00.htm

- So if you're reducing your consumption of oil, gas, plastics, etc. are you also reducing your consumption of beef?

- Cattle have never been farmed to such an extent as they are today so it is ridiculous to say that they don't make a difference because they've been here all along. At least read SOME of the report before blathering such nonsense.

Answer 1

yes i think that a beef it is important thing

Answer 2

Has anyone considered that the cause for the higher C02, could be the fact that every year thousands of tons of trees are cut down and in some areas of the world no re-planting is being done?

Trees convert C02 to breathable oxygen, so when we and all the animals breath in oxygen we are releasing C02 into the air. So, maybe that is also a solution to the problem, stop building all these stupid condos everywhere and start planting more trees!

Do you all realize that at one point in the history of this nation, a squirrel could travel from New York State to Florida WITHOUT ever touching the ground!

Think of all the wasted (trees) used by just one studio in Hollywood. Where do you think all the lumber for their sets come from and what do you think happens after those scenes are completed?

Answer 3

Right, like I am going to read all that before answering.

Cows have been around for thousands of years, but coal and oil powered machines have only been around for 200 years. Guess what! The rise in CO2 only started 200 years ago. Anyway, cows are a source of methane, not CO2.

Answer 4

Just as the cow rely on other lifeforms to help them digest what they can't on their own (the microorganisms in their digestive tract that allow them to digest cellulose), we rely on lifeforms as a food supply to convert food that we can't (we can't digest cellulose, either) The truth of the matter is that we don't have the practical agricultural ability to convert the lands currently set aside for grazing. If you could convince everyone to give up beef, you would still have to burn MORE fuel and consume MORE resources to convert that grazing land to produce for human consumption.

Do not forget that livestock was man's original way to live off the land without the need of refrigeration, to get through the winter until crops could be grown and harvested again, and to not rely on the expensive and energy-intensive practice of shipping foods in from warmer climes.

Answer 5

And the world's reliance on oil, petrol, coal, plastic, the list goes on and on I'm afraid. Beef is only the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.

Answer 6

It seems to me like another agenda is putting put forth, under the umbrella of global warming.

Answer 7

HOLY COW!!! thats gonna take a whole night to read. ok i will tell you tomorrow.