Nosi
Illuminator
- Joined
- Jun 14, 2009
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Lord Stern wants us all to go vegetarian to 'save the planet'.
I'm as concerned as the average citizen of garden Earth regards solution and climate change, but I am not certain if human kind is 100% the cause of climate change (we must take into consideration that big orange ball in the sky; the sun, volcanoes, and other stuff) much less the appetites of people for a big rib eye steak.
There are also other forms of meat, and other ways to cultivate meat, that are less problematic for our global home. Among them are 'grass fed' meats and insects that are enjoyed in other parts by the less squeamish.
Lord Stern claims that meat will go the way of drunk driving in acceptance. I am not so sure. Crystal balls for future gazing are very often opaque.
I predict that meat eating and meat eater fads will go a different way should this treaty get signed. I predict that meats will be farmed with greener and 'kinder' technologies as the Web exposes factory farming for the horror it is both on the environment, eaters, and the animals. (What technologies I can't begin to guess, although inland fish farms are a possibility.)
Breeders are developing breeds of cattle that require less land to raise yet produce more meat per animal today. In the future, this can go to extremes for ultimate low impact beef farming.
Birds and their eggs are always a safe bet, as the 'urban chicken' is everywhere including the United States. Some vegetarians eat eggs. Vegans are the ones who give all animal products a strict pass.
I'm as concerned as the average citizen of garden Earth regards solution and climate change, but I am not certain if human kind is 100% the cause of climate change (we must take into consideration that big orange ball in the sky; the sun, volcanoes, and other stuff) much less the appetites of people for a big rib eye steak.
There are also other forms of meat, and other ways to cultivate meat, that are less problematic for our global home. Among them are 'grass fed' meats and insects that are enjoyed in other parts by the less squeamish.
Lord Stern claims that meat will go the way of drunk driving in acceptance. I am not so sure. Crystal balls for future gazing are very often opaque.
I predict that meat eating and meat eater fads will go a different way should this treaty get signed. I predict that meats will be farmed with greener and 'kinder' technologies as the Web exposes factory farming for the horror it is both on the environment, eaters, and the animals. (What technologies I can't begin to guess, although inland fish farms are a possibility.)
Breeders are developing breeds of cattle that require less land to raise yet produce more meat per animal today. In the future, this can go to extremes for ultimate low impact beef farming.
Birds and their eggs are always a safe bet, as the 'urban chicken' is everywhere including the United States. Some vegetarians eat eggs. Vegans are the ones who give all animal products a strict pass.
