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MEAT IS HORRIBLE
Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
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> > Meat is Horrible
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> > Hinduism Today Magazine, hinduismtoday.com
> > July 10, 2016
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> > Source -
> > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/.../?tid=pm_pop_b
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> > USA, July 10, 2016 (by Rachel Premack, Washington Post): It may be
> > delicious, but the evidence is accumulating that meat, particularly red
> > meat, is just a disaster for the environment -- and not so great for human
> > beings, too. By 2050, scientists forecast that emissions from agriculture
> > alone will account for how much carbon dioxide the world can use to avoid
> > catastrophic global warming. It already accounts for one-third of emissions
> > today -- and half of that comes from livestock. That's a driving reason why
> > members of a United Nations panel last month urged its environmental
> > assembly to consider recommending a tax on meat producers and sellers. By
> > raising the cost of buying meat, it would ultimately aim to reduce
> > production and the demand for it.
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> > Maarten Hajer, professor at the Netherlands Utrecht University, led the
> > environment and food report that recommended the meat tax. "All of the
> > harmful effects on the environment and on health needs to be priced into
> > food products," said Hajer, who is a member of U.N.'s International
> > Resource Panel, which comprises 34 top scientists and 30 governments. "I
> > think it is extremely urgent." But, he added, "Food is very political. In
> > countries where meat is a cultural mainstay and income inequality already
> > breeds a lack of food access, it could be a difficult argument. But,
> > governments must soon move to limit major carbon producers, Hajer said.
> > Food companies will naturally be part of that.
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> > The idea of a meat tax has developed over the past 25 years as a
> > "completely obvious" measure to economists and environmentalists, Hajer
> > said, as knowledge of the environmental toll of meat emerged. Agriculture
> > consumes 80 percent of water in the United States. For a kilogram of red
> > meat, you need considerably more water than for plant products. Governments
> > are starting to take notice. China, which consumes half of the world's pork
> > and more than a quarter of its overall meat, announced new dietary
> > guidelines last week that advises the average citizen to reduce their meat
> > consumption by one-half.
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> > Denmark went a little further in May. The Danish government is considering
> > a recommendation from its ethics council that all red meats should be
> > taxed. Red meat accounts for 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions,
> > and the council argued that Danes were "ethically obliged" to reduce their
> > consumption. Countries such as the Czech Republic and Poland have
> > dramatically reduced their agricultural carbon output, as much as a half.
> > But countries that are expanding their meat-lovers' impulses are doing so
> > at much larger jumps. Brazil's carbon output from food production has
> > increased by 47 percent from 2000 to 2012 -- that's an increase of 150
> > million tons of carbon dioxide. In China, a 35-percent jump from 1994 to
> > 2005 means 220 million more tons of carbon dioxide.
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> > Much of that is meat production, which contributes an estimated 14.5
> > percent to annual greenhouse gas emissions. That's more than emissions from
> > every car, train, ship and airplane combined. Of that, 65 percent is
> > enteric fermentation [google it] and manure, according to a 2014 Chatham
> > House analysis. Feed constitutes one-fifth of that, followed by land-use
> > change, energy use and post-farm activities. Along with a tax, a meat
> > cutback could be achieved by making plant-based diets more appealing and
> > less expensive. People in the West often think that vegetarianism is a diet
> > for wealthier folks, Wellesley said. The United States could slash its
> > health-care spending the most by phasing out meat for vegetables.
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> > For much more, go to source -
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> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/.../?tid=pm_pop_b
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> > http://www.hinduismtoday.com/blogs-n...ble/15240.html
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> > More at:
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> > Hinduism Today Magazine
> > http://www.hinduismtoday.com
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> The Meat-Free Life
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> http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules...hp?itemid=3886
Vegan vs. Vegetarian Diets: How Each Will Impact Your Health
Medical Daily, medicaldaily.com
http://www.medicaldaily.com/vegan-vs...-health-329300
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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