Friday, May 04, 2007

Cut Global Warming, Eat Less Red Meat (not Al Gore style)!



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The panel also said for the first time that lifestyle changes could help fight global warming. It gave no examples, but IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri said these could include turning down the thermostat and eating less red meat, which could cut animal methane emissions.
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Thank you for the recommendation, the distinguished Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)! (read the full Reuters article)

But you should note that Al Gore argues for the opposite course of action: eating more red meat so as to shorten cows' lifespan, which has the same aggregate effect of producing less greenhouse gases.

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