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Vegan = climate change cessation = happy

At the moment, the amount of grain fed to livestock each year in
the US alone total are enough to feed 840 million people. This is
much more than the number of people starving in the world today.

Also, the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by livestock is more
than 18% of total world greenhouse gas emissions.. Moreover, the
emission from livestock has a comparatively high level of methane
content (nitrous oxide also) ~ and methan is a much stronger
contributor o globl warming. The methane cycle is faster then the
CO2 cycle however, so a reduction in methane production would see
a much faster shift in climate change factors than a reduction in
CO2 (cycle of over 50 years). 

Given the immediacy of the threat ~ according to the IPCC
(international panel on climate change ~ the UN's highest body on
climate change - the reports of whch are agreed line by line by
over 150 member states) going vegetarian is the single biggest
contribution that an individual can make to averting climate
change. 

Vegan = climate change cessation = happy

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When I came to know all this information, I felt very strongly
that it was worth sharing. I trust you feel the same. 

Of course not everyone can shift to vegetarian fast... not
everyone has the will to carry out their own wishes... so
promotion of meat-reduction is the easier option... but maybe the
promotion of vegetarianism will really wake a lot of people up
(aim higher than the target), and certainly cause a shift in
thinking; the very shift in thinking required to help shift our
climate consciousness. It's no longer the time to eat lives, but
to save lives.

Millions are awaiting forthright leaderhip; Wishing you the
strength to steer well.

Vegan = climate change cessation = happy

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Original File Name: AW 650 (Dr. Rajendra Pachauri IPCC) - table.doc

Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-08-27 18:36:33