According to a recent statement by a respected authority on Global Warming, the best way people can reduce their impact on the environment is to stop eating meat. Lord Stern of Brentford, one of the world’s leading authorities on climate change says people should give up meat to stop global warming. Lord Stern predicted that once people were fully educated on the ramifications of eating meat that in the future we may live in a society where meat eaters are shunned with the same ferocity as drunk drivers. There are a variety of ways in which meat contributes to climate change and according to Lord Stern, the United Nation’s summit in Copenhagen should be addressing these issues by raising the price of meat worldwide.
Meat is one of, if not the biggest contributor to climate change according to a variety of experts. Livestock like pigs and cows release tons of methane gas into the environment. Methane is considerably worse for the environment than carbon and is one of the leading contributors to climate change. IN addition it takes millions of tons of water and food to create meat, in fact, nearly one fifth of the world’s overall resources are used in the creation of beef and pork.
Possibly the biggest way that meat contributes to climate change is with the massive amounts of oil that it takes to produce the feed necessary to support millions of livestock. Petro-chemicals, many of which are made from petroleum, are needed to grow corn, not to mention all of the equipment that it takes to farm it. According to Lord Stern a vegetarian diet is far better for the environment and may be the only option if we truly want to fight climate change.
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