PETA: Clearing a Few Things Up for Al Gore

For all the good he's done for the environment—which, to be fair, is an awful lot—Al’s leaving out a huge piece of the puzzle by ignoring the fact that the devastation caused by the meat industry is among the worst environmental disasters ever to happen to the world. As we told him in our letter, sent earlier this week:

While the steps that you urge people to take in An Inconvenient Truth are inarguably important, the quickest and most effective way to fight climate change will come through diet change.

An inconvenient truth for him, maybe, but it’s the truth nonetheless. Since he might not have seen the recent U.N. reports on the subject, we pointed out to him that animals raised for food generate more greenhouse gases than all cars and trucks combined, and that (according to a recent University of Chicago study), switching to a vegan diet is more effective in countering global warming than switching from a standard American car to a Prius. We've also offered to cook him some faux "fried chicken" as an introduction to meat-free meals, since, however many documentaries you make, you just can't be a meat-eating environmentalist...

Source: Clearing a Few Things Up for Al Gore
Author: PETA:

Link: Al Gore returns to Capitol Hill today not as a failed presidential candidate but as a celebrated Academy Award winner, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and a man on a mission to save the planet
Link: INTERVIEW-UN agency urges 'high level' global warming talks
Link: Meat and the Environment
Link: You Call Yourself a Progressive -- But You Still Eat Meat?


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