if vegans cant use any animal products how do they explain their use of petrol ? oil is made from hydrocarbons from dead plants and animals?
2007-11-19 03:00:49 · 14 answers · asked by qpr_nemo 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
The animals that make up part of petroleum were not raised specifically for that purpose. There are no issues of cruelty or industries being created around the necessity for animals as ingredients. And hopefully as we move away from fossil fuels, the potential for someone to see driving as a contradiction will fade away. That being said, we should be riding bikes and using public transportation instead of driving cars as much as possible regardless of the fuel source.
Keep in mind that the plants we eat were once animals who have died and become fertilizer, among other things. Being vegan does not change the fact that the world is interconnected.
In response to Terry T: You are taking my comments out of context in an attempt to reaffirm your own feelings about veganism. To answer your question (which may not even warrant a reply), should that deer you mentioned rot away and an edible mushroom grow out of the dirt where it once lay, I would eat the mushroom. The next time you try to catch me in the trappings of my own logic, I would recommend you actually understand the logic first.
2007-11-19 03:11:47 · answer #1 · answered by Vegan Death Squad 2 · 17⤊ 0⤋
Veganism seeks to reduce (and ideally to eliminate) the exploitation of animals. The animals that lived and died eons ago and are now oil deposits in the earth were not exploited for their future oil-making capacity. Strangly enough, I don't feel the same way about a long-dead dinosaur as I do about a living cow. I do avoid driving to a certain extent because I'm concerned about the *environmental* impact of overusing fossil fuels.
2007-11-19 16:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by mockingbird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old question.
Coudl the Vegan have possibly had any impact on the life or death of the animals in question ?
No, its irrelavent.
You could have chosen so many more examples of modern products that everyone uses that contain animal products to highlight your point.
May I also politely say that if something has got gelatin in it the animal was farmed for it, vegetarians do not eat slaughter by-products. Vegan using petrol from 100 million year old dead animals is one thing, people eating gelatin is another, the animal was specifically killed for that food, and by consuming it you are directly responsible for the animals death - the same as eating meat, but very different to petrol.
Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish, poultry nor slaughter by-products.
2007-11-19 04:15:25 · answer #3 · answered by Michael H 7 · 8⤊ 1⤋
Your argument is flawed.
Sure, oil is made from dead organic matter, but if you compare the amount of vegetation to actual animal matter, you'd see that oil is basically a vegetable product. Take a look at a forest. How much of it is vegetation compared to animal life?
In addition, these minuscule traces of dinosaurs are from over 100s of millions of years ago. There was no human involvement in their death.
Damn, think once in a while.
2007-11-19 12:57:12 · answer #4 · answered by KuroNekko 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Typical question. Easy answer.
The Vegan Society defines veganism in this way:
The word "veganism" denotes a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude — *as far as is possible and practical* — all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of humans, animals and the environment.
Note the "as far as is possible and practical."
2007-11-19 06:37:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Is petrol made from dead animals ?
2007-11-19 09:13:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the defence of the never ending persecution of veganism... Hey, we are just doing the best we can in the environment we are in. Not everyone is a fanatic just because they hold to a personal ideal.
2007-11-19 04:13:00 · answer #7 · answered by Apple Tart 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
They read the rule book.
They take the oral/written exam.
They take the driving exam.
If they pass, they get a license.
If they fail..... they ride their bikes and walk everywhere.
That's how they can drive. The question is.... should YOU be able to drive? With limited brain function, I would think not.
2007-11-20 14:53:18 · answer #8 · answered by penguino8165 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well...my car is BioDiesel...it runs on pure vegetable oil...so, no problem there...
As for petrol...it was created hundreds of thousands of years ago...no one killed the animals for the specific purpose of creating gasoline.
2007-11-19 04:40:09 · answer #9 · answered by coyote_windsprint 2 · 7⤊ 0⤋
If you don't use gasoline (petrol); is it going to save the lives or relieve the suffering of the dinosaurs?
Jessica: yeah, I wish we had still had dinosaurs.
2007-11-19 07:06:55 · answer #10 · answered by majnun99 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋