The Most Important Solution To Global Warming

In the run up to the Copenhagen climate change summit, it is vital the following information be disseminated to the public as well as to our political leaders.A widely cited 2006 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Livestock’s Long Shadow, estimates that 18 percent of annual worldwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are attributable to livestock….however recent analysis by Goodland and Anhang co-authors of “Livestock and Climate Change” in the latest issue of World Watch magazine found that livestock and their byproducts actually account for at least 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent of annual worldwide GHG emissions!http://www.51percent.orgThe main sources of GHGs from animal agriculture are:
(1) Deforestation of the rainforests to grow feed for livestock.
(2) Methane from manure waste. – Methane is 72 times more potent as a global warming gas than CO2
(3) Refrigeration and transport of meat around the world.
(4) Raising, processing and slaughtering of the animal.Meat production also uses a massive amount of water and other resources which would be better used to feed the world’s hungry and provide water to those in need.
The fact is that we are being informed of the dangerous path we are on by depending greatly on animal flesh for human consumption. We still have the opportunity to make the most effective steps in saving ourselves and this planet. By simply choosing a plant based diet we can reduce our carbon foot print by a huge amount.We are gambling with our lives and with those of our future generations to come. It’s madness to know we are fully aware of the possible consequences but yet are failing to act. Take action now http://51percent.org