Kathryn Rosenthal wrote:
> A vegetarian from another list (obviously) sent this to me.  It is sponsored by a vegetarian group.  Top NASA climatologist James Hansen stated, "We have not passed a point of no return.
Hmmm. He thinks we can stop coming out of an ice age, eh?




>  We can still roll things back in time – but it is going to require a quick turn in direction." 
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It's also going to require a time machine just for a start.




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>   Thank you NASA scientists for your important research and encouragement toward immediate action. May we all be inspired to do our utmost to protect our incomparably beautiful planet Earth. 
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 From whom?
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> As per a UN report one of the leading causes of global warming is as follows:
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> In a groundbreaking 2006 report, the United Nations (U.N.) said that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined.

Cork those cows!  :)



>  Senior U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization official Henning Steinfeld reported that the meat industry is "one of the most significant contributors to today's most serious environmental problems ."
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Trivial compared to stuff like this.
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> Last year researchers at the University of Chicago took the Prius down a peg when they turned their attention to another gas guzzling consumer purchase . They noted that feeding animals for meat, dairy, and egg production requires growing some ten times as much crops as we'd need if we just ate pasta primavera, faux chicken nuggets, and other plant foods.

Fodder is for animals and vegetarians, not me.
"You are what you eat."
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> You Can Help Stop Global Warming! 
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Nonsense.



William