Could being a vegetarian the easiest way to stop climate change and starvation disasters?

Question

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet"

- Albert Einstein

Answer 1

You would have to go completely vegan. Milk cows produce methane just like the beefy ones. And you don't even want to know what egg farms do to the local environment.

Answer 2

Vegetarians have to be careful that the soy they eat isn't grown in the rainforest! The rainforest takes in lots of CO2, (but not nearly enough to stop global warming, and all the excess CO2 the stupidest species dumps in to the atmosphere... *cough cough *humans* cough cough*) I am a vegetarian, but I also buy my food local.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Anthropologists point to the addition and increase of animal protein as a turning point in the development of the homosapien and, subsequent, Human brain to the path resulting in modern man.  If you believe that modern man is the problem, then the answer may be "yes".  But going vegetarian would also indicate an expectation and acceptance of returning the human mind to the "living in the trees" developmental level.  If the desire is to accomplish this (the loin cloth type of environmentalism--returning all people to the tribal, pre-metal age), then that should be the advertised path, not "we should all go veggy to save the world".  It would be more honest to promote the "we should all go live without plumbing and electricity to save the world" path...if that is what you believe.

Things are very different than during Al's time.

Sorry to run askew from the initial question......I need a steak and a beer...

Answer 5

Real hardcore vegetarian diets are a step backwards in evolution...  Been there, done that.

Answer 6

not a hope.

moderation in life, especially avoiding the excess of consumption of virtually everything  we do in north america is about the only way to slow climate change.

driving a suv to the supermarket to buy carrots,,, well you might get the point. walk.

have fun, stay fit and eat well,

Neil

Answer 7

Yeah..... And did you know that Hitler was a vegetarian too?

Just thought you should know.

I'm not giving up my meat over an unproven theory that is wrong.

Answer 8

A genious may have said that, and allot of that may be true but, we also face not having much when it comes to vegetables because of all the honey bee's dying off. It's not only fuel going up in price but now our food, next will be clothing. Only 2yrs ago I was paying .79 cents for one dozen eggs, and now pay over $2.00 . The stupidity of people ignoring these problems and say that there is no such thing as global warming really upsets me because they are a part of the problem and to ignorant to be the solution. But, in about 10 more years whether or not they believe in global warming will want to save money as well if not the environment. I agree that a vegetarian diet would benefit us all but, not really sure about the environment. The only thing that i have ever heard that i strongly disagree with is that cows farting causes pollution. I'm sorry but if a cow is around and im hungry will be having steak first before the salad.

Answer 9

It would definitely be a way to help with global warming, though not the only way. I am myself an ethical vegetarian, and it does help the environment, because it decreases the energy that goes to raising animals, it decreases the food that is given to them, and is a lot nicer to the animals. Any little thing that people could do to help end global warming would be really great, so I'd say that's a wonderful idea. :)

Answer 10

yes. about 70% of all American grown grain is fed to animals. globally its about 40%. thats grain that could be feeding the poor of this world so yes. i completely agree with Einstein.

Answer 11

If only it were that simple. Cattle do emit methane so if you stopped eating them, they'd stop raising them since nobody would feed them for free. I assume we'd keep some in a zoo or something. Methane is 21 times more potent a greenhouse gas (GHG) than CO2. However, rice paddies probably produce as much methane as cattle do and they also produce nitrous oxide which is a GHG 310 times more potent than CO2. The small amount of CO2 they absorb is released when the rice is harvested and eaten.

Overall, it's hard to say if eating rice or being a vegetarian is better for stopping global warming than being a carnivore. If they could find a way to make rice without methane and nitrous oxide emissions, the choice would be simple.

Answer 12

being vegetarians isnt the whole answer..

eating LESS meat is.. and selecting better raised meat.. (eg. NOT feed lot)

pasture fed cattle DO NOT harm the environment like FEED LOT ones do..

hunted animals even less..

going straight vegetarian will have some harmfull health problems and means we have to destroy vast forest spaces to raise soy.. and other food sources..

see this link

http://www.quazen.com/Science/Agricultur...

Answer 13

in my biology class they say it would, but there are so many cows today that eating them to try to prevent methane gas is my reason to keep eating meat. and I agree, i amnot stopping eating meat because of some unproven theory