well yeah i think there is more to 9/11 than we are told, i think there is more to everything than we are told though, what do you think about the UN report that says farming and meat consumption is responsible for more greenhouse gasses than all forms of transportation combined and that it should be the leading focus on environmanetl policy?
The 9/11 Conspiracies - Fact or Fiction(History Channel)
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Didn't know it had such an effect, I found this lil article...
Meat farming, the production of meat and fish for human consumption, is a booming industry that effects both the environment and our own health immensely. Unfortunately, many meat eaters are unaware of the external costs of their consumption habits and continue to eat meat. Furthermore, global trends in meat consumption are on the rise due to rapidly developing countries, like China, adopting more Westernized diets as a symbol of affluence and progress. This growing demand for meat and milk is driving the industry away from small scale mixed farming systems, towards more large scale vertically integrated systems. As a result of the ever-expanding transnational meat industry, this system has become more environmentally destructive than any other sector. In this short report, we wish to illuminate the direct side-effects of meat farming and present the vegetarianism alternative in an environmental context. Oftentimes consumption and environmental issues seem intangible and abstract. However, as you will soon see, becoming a vegetarian or simply cutting back on meat consumption has very real effects on the global environment and one's own health. the already is that countries world third many in and water- for animals with competition be soon all will we crisis international huge a become has water potable to Access states. seventeen underground rivers of miles 35,000 approximately pollute managed waste This produce. humans amount than more times 130 about which second- per pounds 68,000 waste- tons million 61 produces industry meat year each example, For gases. greenhouse wastes nitrogenous extensive generate they energy- chemicals land, water, food, inputs requires farming Meat space. up taking just issue beyond go environment our on effects profound have say Needless user. land largest world?s now are Livestock>Global meat demand is expected to grow by 35% by 2020.1 Livestock, encompassing cattle, hogs, sheep, and poultry, is growing more dynamically than any other agricultural sector around the world. The images often associated with farms, those of large red barns, golden hay bails, and idyllic green pastures have thus been replaced by long stretches of windowless metal shacks, wire cages, and other cramped confinement systems: welcome to factory farming. Here, 'meat farmers' strive to produce the most animal flesh as quickly and cheaply as possible, meaning cramming too many bodies through this mechanized system. The conditions imposed on animals by overcrowding are so dangerous that without the artificial hand of man, most animals would die. This environment encourages competition between the animals, so that hot knives cut off the sharpness of chickens' beaks and pliers remove the teeth and tails of pigs to avoid injury caused among the livestock. Cramped living fosters a myriad of diseases that merit pesticides, antibiotics, and growth hormones to compensate. Most of the animals are suffering from dehydration, respiratory diseases, bacterial infections, heart attacks, crippled legs, and anemia.
