USA: If we changed two things:

eliminated suburban development that requires automobiles and stopped eating animal products, the production of which is extreme in its inefficiency -- our standard of living would be just as high

May 24, 2007

In the "Saturday Essay" by Gery Steighner ("What about oil shale?" May 19 and PghTrib.com), Steighner says "For the foreseeable future, the U.S. will continue to need lots of oil in order to maintain our standard of living." That is not true. We need lots of oil in order to maintain our particular standard of living....

Source: Less meat, more oil

Link: Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns


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UK: Secret plans drawn up to turn us all veggie (en)