Macy's Pulls Dog Fur Coats
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:14 am
Lulu2;499680 wrote: I never meant to imply it's ONLY Bush...however, his policies have impacted not only this hemisphere but the rest of the world as well.
And it's not just oil. It takes 10,000 pounds of feed to raise 1,000 pounds of beef. Hundreds of thousands of acres of rain forest are destroyed to plant a year or two of feed for animals. Meanwhile, cattle foul the air with methane.
Wouldn't it make more sense to eat what we grow directly, rather than via an animal? :-5
Totally.
But trees are the main purveyors of greenhouse emissions. Shocking, but true.
And it's not just oil. It takes 10,000 pounds of feed to raise 1,000 pounds of beef. Hundreds of thousands of acres of rain forest are destroyed to plant a year or two of feed for animals. Meanwhile, cattle foul the air with methane.
Wouldn't it make more sense to eat what we grow directly, rather than via an animal? :-5
Totally.
But trees are the main purveyors of greenhouse emissions. Shocking, but true.