Happy Earth Day!
A study by Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin, vegetarians, and assistant professors of geophysics at the University of Chicago, compares the CO2 production resulting from various human diets in the United States. They find that a person in the United States who switched from the typical diet to a vegan diet would, on average, reduce CO2 production significantly more than switching from a Toyota Camry to a hybrid, Toyota Prius.
I know that is depressing. I'm not trying to be a negative nancy. I just wanted to spread some knowledge I stumbled upon that seems important.
But if that one depresses you too much, try this one.
And if that one is still depressing, let's go with this
And, if even the idea of taking any action at all depresses you, follow this link. And before you immediately discredit this guy, note that he is a professor of atmospheric science at MIT.
Either way, have a great Earth Day. To sound like a stoic public service announcement, there is no reason to be sad, only reason to act.
Labels: environment, luke, vegan
2 Comments:
This is off topic, but it's Jilla. I wanted to mail you the password to my blog so that you could respond in return to my words. I do not suppose Emily would let you use her journal! My email address is hyperballad at gmail.com. Write.
I'm assuming you've decided where you are going for grad school? Are you going to let us all in on that info yet?
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