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Originally Posted by Jinger  I read today that if everyone in the country had a meatless/dairyless day once a week it would be like taking 7.6 million cars off the road! I knew it had an impact, but didn't know it was THAT great!
I'm actually thinking of becoming a vegetarian for both health and "kindness" reasons.
Are any of you vegetarian? |
I'm not, and don't think I could ever be. We do eat a lot less meat, though, for many reasons.
What you read only addresses air pollution. The biggest problem, especially from factory farms, is water pollution. Do you remember the hurricanes that flooded the hog farms in N. Carolina some years back? It was an ecological disaster.
If we all only, like you said, went meatless one day a week, or the equivalent in reduced consumption, it would make a huge difference. There would be less need for the horribly cruel factory farms and all the problems that go with them.
Here's a couple links about the hog farms if you're interested.
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