Become a Meat Reducer

Spy Dude
January 2008
BE A MEAT REDUCER
Recently I talked to ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney about vegetarianism and the environment, an important link he feels is being overlooked in the global warming discussion. He shared some shocking statistics from a 2006 UN report entitled Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options."

The report found that 18 percent of global warming emissions come from raising cows, chickens, pigs, turkeys and other animals we eat. That's 40 percent more than all the world's cars, SUVs, airplanes, and other modes of fossil-based transportation, which combined account for 13 percent. For further comparison, every house, residential and office building in the world accounts for just 8 percent.

There's a trend in Europe called "Meat Reducers" where, along with recycling and not taking plastic bags, people are eating meat at least one day less a week. Become a "Meat Reducer." It is a simple thing everyone can do to lower their own carbon footprint.[/b]

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Len at Science
January 2008
send my regards to Paul, for the young ones The Beatles was a band in the sixties.
Spy Dude
January 2008
hahhahaha, sorry it was a C&P out of an article.
Definatly not as old as you len you ballie.
The beatles were EMO (thats a joke for all you over emotional kids in stretchy pants)
I think its a brilliant idea, im no veggy, but one day a week, i can live with that.
lyle
January 2008
come now, my pigs arent all that bad...... pork is good for you
Len at Science
January 2008
i will have a macdonald once a week, because if the call that patty's meat i do not know. so it must be veggies.
Chilternburt
January 2008
Randomly Spy, old Paul and Yoko come into my office on a regular basis, we do a lot of film work for http://www.imaginepeace.com and my boss is doing a massive documentary on Yoko and john at the moment...
Kelly
January 2008
Paul Mc's ex-wife Heather Mills was in the papers in November ... bizarre is not the word:

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Heather Mills' latest bizarre rant: 'Why don't we drink milk from rats and dogs?'
20.11.07

During another typically bizarre day for Heather Mills, the former model yesterday urged people to try drinking milk from rats and dogs to help save the planet.

Media-shy Heather started off by storming out of a radio interview with London's LBC station.

She then drove a gas-guzzling Mercedes 4x4 to Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park to speak about ecological matters - and kept the engine running for part of the morning.

Once there she proceeded to launch into an extraordinary ecological rant and exhorted the assembled crowds to try drinking rat's milk instead of cow's milk in a bid to save the planet from deforestation for livestock.

She said that livestock created far more carbon emissions than transport, so we should go vegan - someone who eats no meat or dairy produce - or at least find something else to put in tea or coffee.

At Speakers Corner in Hyde Park she said: "There are many other kinds of milk available. Why don't we try drinking rats' milk and dogs' milk?"

Vegan Mills was supposed to be launching a poster campaign for an animal welfare charity.

Yet some observers couldn't help wondering if Heather Mills had a different aim in mind - embarrassing her estranged husband Sir Paul McCartney.

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MichelleDaniels
January 2008
Hahahah!
Sounds more like a mockery of being overly health conscious/global warming/reducing meat intake, vegetarianism etc. or that she's over it and has a sense of humor in a strange way?

I grew up vegetarian, no sugar cereals, no soda's etc. and wasn't til I got married did I start eating steak or hamburger's on occasion and chicken or fish more often.

Here's one to think about while making choices:
Vegetarian Hotdog/Weiner = Vegetable bi-products(hahah)
Beef or Pork Hotdog/Weiner = Beef or Pork bi-products(just use your immagination on that one and you are probably right! My Dad once worked in a meat processing plant when he was young and thus--well you guessed it )

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