Ingediend door Andreas (niet gecontroleerd) op 6 maart, 2008 - 03:23.
1) The UN did a study back in 2006 essentially stating that the production of livestock for human consumption around the world causes more greenhouse gasses than all of the transportation combined! This alone is enough, for me at least, to deter me from eating animals.
2) If you want peace in the world, stopping the concentration camps we call factory farms is essential. I believe if you are a meat eater, you should see exactly where your animal flesh is coming from and not just ignore it for convenience factors. See the countless undercover videos available on PETA's website. Peace will only be obtained when we not only refrain from killing and torturing one another but also animals.
3) There are enormous negative effects on the environment from farming animals: large amounts of feces and urine on scales unimaginable end up in our water supply (as well as your food); enormous amounts of energy and water going in as inputs into the "production" of livestock; greenhouse gasses including methane and nitrogen that are added into our atmosphere on extremely high levels; and the countless amounts of synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides that go into the production of the animals' feed.
4) Humans are omnivores, yet we have a digestive system that is similar to an herbivore's. Our teeth are by in large flat and the only thing that our cayenne teeth have in common with a carnivore's cayenne teeth is the name. We have no claws or talons to attack and kill our prey with. We lack the immense jaw strength to crush the prey's neck with in our mouth like a lion or an alligator. Remember, there are plenty of vitamins and minerals that our bodies can obtain from a plant-based diet. Silverback gorillas, with the exception of eating insects, thrive on a plant-based diet, and I don't think anybody would dispute their body mass and strength.
Go green and go vegan or vegetarian! Visit www.goveg.org if you're considering it. Some of history's greatest minds were vegetarian: Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mark Twain, Plato, Charles Darwin, Gandhi and countless others!
1) The UN did a study back in
1) The UN did a study back in 2006 essentially stating that the production of livestock for human consumption around the world causes more greenhouse gasses than all of the transportation combined! This alone is enough, for me at least, to deter me from eating animals.
2) If you want peace in the world, stopping the concentration camps we call factory farms is essential. I believe if you are a meat eater, you should see exactly where your animal flesh is coming from and not just ignore it for convenience factors. See the countless undercover videos available on PETA's website. Peace will only be obtained when we not only refrain from killing and torturing one another but also animals.
3) There are enormous negative effects on the environment from farming animals: large amounts of feces and urine on scales unimaginable end up in our water supply (as well as your food); enormous amounts of energy and water going in as inputs into the "production" of livestock; greenhouse gasses including methane and nitrogen that are added into our atmosphere on extremely high levels; and the countless amounts of synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides that go into the production of the animals' feed.
4) Humans are omnivores, yet we have a digestive system that is similar to an herbivore's. Our teeth are by in large flat and the only thing that our cayenne teeth have in common with a carnivore's cayenne teeth is the name. We have no claws or talons to attack and kill our prey with. We lack the immense jaw strength to crush the prey's neck with in our mouth like a lion or an alligator. Remember, there are plenty of vitamins and minerals that our bodies can obtain from a plant-based diet. Silverback gorillas, with the exception of eating insects, thrive on a plant-based diet, and I don't think anybody would dispute their body mass and strength.
http://www.chreese.com/veganism.html
Go green and go vegan or vegetarian! Visit www.goveg.org if you're considering it. Some of history's greatest minds were vegetarian: Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mark Twain, Plato, Charles Darwin, Gandhi and countless others!