can veganism help save the planet?

Answer 1

yes. for a 10000 reasons.

Answer 2

While I enjoy the thought this question provokes I must say that is unanswerable. Sure we can debate it but there is no way to state facts here. If the research that most veg*ns and myself have done is correct than yes it could. However, that would be assuming that everyone got on board and that will never happen. If everyone stopped driving cars than that would help even more but that will never happen. It is a matter of numbers. Exponents and variables. Where it ends is any ones guess. With the amount of misinformation that we are subjected to there is no way to really know anything for certain. That is why this question is unanswerable. It doesn't need an answer. It doesn't have an answer. Some people may see this as a surrender or just unwillingness to fight but that is not the case. It can be seen in every person from day to day. We have all seen the bumper sticker that reads "stop bitching and start a revolution." Well the people they are referring to aren't going to start a revolution cause they are to busy existing. They have jobs and pets and children to worry about. Most of us can't drop everything and march on Washington. That is why the system will always win until the system fails. If anarchy breaks out then who will keep the peace? It won't be the police cause they will be home protecting their families. When the grocery stores stop getting deliveries then what? Our close relatives experienced this in the great depression. The point I am trying to make is that simply questioning something will not change it. We need to realize that our destiny is collective and everyone plays a part. There is no escaping that. Do not write off people for their beliefs, rather incorperate them into your own because they will play a role in our future.

In summation, I am not sure that anything can save the planet, or destroy it for that matter. The rock will always be here regardless of what WE do. So maybe the question should be "can veganism save the human race?" The earth can survie the cancer that is humans. We cannot.

Answer 3

I am a vegetarian for environmental reasons. Simply put cows produce lots of methane and contribute to global warning and feading an animal to then eat the animal is not as efficient as eating the food yourself. sustainability is a real issue and it is only going to become more pronounced, people who live in isolation know that if they eat meat every day they will soon run out of livestock. The global model is not as simple as that but the effective model is that it takes over 10 acres of land ranching to produce the same amount of food as 1 acre of land farming. viable farmland is a limited quantity.

to "you could learn a lot form me" - that is why other countries have problems with deforestation in attempts to create more farm land.. Resources may not be at there limit right now everywhere, but that doesnt change the fact that we could use less of them. you can go around saying that global warming is from cars when you are refusing to give up meat and you can go around saying that global warming is from cattle when you are too lazy to walk to the store, and you can go around saying that these things are to complicated and that any actions that i can do are just a drop in a very big bucket, or you can take a stand, conserve what you can, spread the word when you can, and vote for candidates who will police industry and at the end of the day be able to say that you did what you could to drip your drop into that bucket.

Answer 4

Respecting all life will help save the planet.
Respecting people of all colors will help save the planet.
Respecting people of all faiths will help save the planet..........

Accepting the fact that every conscious being, human or non-human, can suffer and has the same basic desires that we have will save the planet.

Answer 5

Do I believe veg*n can save the planet? Certainly!
The breeding and slaughter of animals, and the subsequent processing and packaging of the meat, requires an inordinate amount of land, water, energy and raw materials.
The creation of animal products as a whole uses 20% of the countries annual energy budget. That is equal to the energy needed to run all our cars!

Every calorie of animal protein eaten requires 78 calories of fuel to produce. Wheat and corn requires 3.5 calories.
Soybeans requires a whopping 40 times less than beef!

When we consume a product that requires many stages of processing (Fuel, oil, plastic wrap, aluminum foil, styrofoam, cardbord containers, paper labels, ink, preservatives, artificial flavours, color additives etc), energy expenditure must FAR exceed that for simple products that can be used in their natural state!

There are thousands of reasons to go veg*n, this is just one, and a major one at that!

Answer 6

A lot of things can "help" save the planet (assuming it needs saving, another debate) but will veganism (or anything else) solely be responsible for it? No.

Answer 7

Sure can. Or at least not destroy it as the farming industry is doing right not. Seeing as the farming industry is the most polluting one in the world, before cars, the more vegans there are, the less pollution there will be.

Breding animals for their flesh uses up masses or water, crops,... 10 more so than just eating the crops directly.


Go vegan!

Answer 8

It can help a great deal. Other efforts should be made to reduce, reuse and recycle...
I like to take my trash to the dump and see everything that is being tossed out. Piles and piles of stuff that was purchased and there it all is. It keeps my money spending and product consumption in perspective.

Answer 9

vegs save 100 animals a year :D

Answer 10

I very much doubt it.
If you are refering to methane emissions from livestock and the effect on global warming, methane contributes less than carbon dioxide, which is what we all exhale.
By cutting down on the population, we can save the planet, and the middle east have been working on that for a few thousand years without much luck.
What damage has been done in the past is what we are seeing. We won't be around to see the damage we have done, and eating only vegetables and fruit won't do anyone any favours.

Answer 11

Maybe. It would certainly reduce global warming. The cows and chickens would not take over because they would not be bred to excess as they are now.

But I cannot say it would ease world hunger because that is an issue of distribution, not supply.