Energy: Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler

[Guest guest]

Less people = less expenditure. SO let's just stop reproducing at

alarming rates. We're not cats and dogs so we shouldn't have

reproduction problems like cats and dogs, but look at our energy use and

we do.

 

Jennifer

 

Butch Owen wrote:

> Christina .. this one is for you. ;-) Butch

>

> The World

> Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler

>

> By MARK BITTMAN

>

> A SEA change in the consumption of a resource that Americans take for

> granted may be in store — something cheap, plentiful, widely enjoyed

> and a part of daily life. And it isn't oil.

>

> It's meat.

>

> The two commodities share a great deal: Like oil, meat is subsidized

> by the federal government. Like oil, meat is subject to accelerating

> demand as nations become wealthier, and this, in turn, sends prices

> higher. Finally — like oil — meat is something people are encouraged

> to consume less of, as the toll exacted by industrial production

> increases, and becomes increasingly visible.

[Guest guest]

Hey Butch,

 

Thanks for the interesting reads, especially this one.

 

I highly recommend the book quoted in the article..... " In Defense of Food " .

It's a take on how we ended up eating wrong, and thinking it was right. He

wraps up with what to do about it. It's rare that I feel so empowered by

what I've read.

 

Cheers,

Christina

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Yes indeed, Jennifer . . . I'll bet I'm not the only one here to remember

" Zero Population Growth " . Went the way of the 30-hour work week.

 

Be well,

Marcia Elston

Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence, est. 1988

http://www.wingedseed.com Online 3/95

http://www.aromaconnection.org Group Blog 2/07

" Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide and slavery - have

resulted from obedience, not disobedience. "

Howard Zinn

 

 

>

> ATFE2 [ATFE2 ] On

> Behalf Of Jennifer Janek-Markey

> Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:05 AM

> ATFE2

> Re: [ATFE2] Energy: Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler

>

> Less people = less expenditure. SO let's just stop

> reproducing at alarming rates. We're not cats and dogs so we

> shouldn't have reproduction problems like cats and dogs, but

> look at our energy use and we do.

>

> Jennifer

[Guest guest]

Well, I happen to love all of my 5 kids. And I don't feel the least bit cat

or doglike. :-P

 

 

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<ATFE2 >

Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:05 AM

Re: [ATFE2] Energy: Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler

 

 

> Less people = less expenditure. SO let's just stop reproducing at

> alarming rates. We're not cats and dogs so we shouldn't have

> reproduction problems like cats and dogs, but look at our energy use and

> we do.

>

> Jennifer

>

> Butch Owen wrote:

>> Christina .. this one is for you. ;-) Butch

>>

>> The World

>> Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler

>>

>> By MARK BITTMAN

>>

>> A SEA change in the consumption of a resource that Americans take for

>> granted may be in store — something cheap, plentiful, widely enjoyed

>> and a part of daily life. And it isn't oil.

>>

>> It's meat.

>>

>> The two commodities share a great deal: Like oil, meat is subsidized

>> by the federal government. Like oil, meat is subject to accelerating

>> demand as nations become wealthier, and this, in turn, sends prices

>> higher. Finally — like oil — meat is something people are encouraged

>> to consume less of, as the toll exacted by industrial production

>> increases, and becomes increasingly visible.

>

>

>

>