Need supporting info / clothing / pollution

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Actually I bet the pollution associated with meat and leather is far

higher. Huge fecal waste volumes into rivers, consumption of

electricity, and water -- I was astounded to read statistics like this

one:

 

March 1, 2001 -- To date, probably the most reliable and

widely-accepted water estimate to produce a pound of beef is the

figure of 2,500 gallons/pound. Newsweek once put it another way: " the

water that goes into a 1,000 pound steer would float a destroyer. "

(Detail at http://www.vegsource.com/articles/pimentel_water.htm )

 

Synthetics are as I understand it a refinement product of the oil and

petroleum already in use, probably nowhere near as injurious, and

natural materials like cotton are also pretty ecofriendly.

 

God did not intend for you to wear animal skins, or He'd have left the

skin off the animal and put it on you instead ;-)

 

Check out things like the PETA FAQ page and the like. Questions are a

good thing.

 

 

, " l. a l j u w a i e "

<aljuwaie@c...> wrote:

> I am sorry to ask this here, I know I could do my own research but I'm

> short on time at the moment and want a quick comeback to a question that

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> " I wonder what God intended for us to wear if not

> animal cloth. And isn't the pollution which is created

> by the manufacture of synthetics also a great evil? "

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> I know I'll get a lot of info here, and I will put it to memory so that

> I have it for future reference! So much to learn – especially when

> defending one's own choices! Unfortunate that we even have to (

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> Thank you,

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> Lisa

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> Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of

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> ~Kahlil Gibran

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