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Originally Posted by Jetée
It's just a glaze-over "solution" if this actually reaches any good portion of our North American population to actually comply to this aim; it never gets anywhere or anything deeper than some huddled masses agreeing not to eat sandwiches or porterhouses every single second day of the week. What good is that?
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Well, if you cut out meat consumption 4 days per month, that equates to around a 13% reduction.
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After an interview with In Defense of Food’s Michael Pollan further detailed the eco-impact of cattle, [journalist Dan] Harris added: “You don’t have to give up your cheeseburgers, but if we all reduced our meat consumption by just 20 percent, it would be as if we all switched from regular cars to hybrids. It would also be good for our health.”
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Take a Bite out of Climate Change Meat Industry
So basically, if you start by reducing your meat consumption by 13% with Meatless Mondays, and then take it a step further by reducing it by yet another 7% (which is about another 2 or 3 days per month), you are doing the equivalent of switching from your regular car to a hybrid (so says Harris/Pollan).
If you're not familiar with Michael Pollan, he's also the author of
The Omnivore's Dilemma. The book examines how humans, as omnivores in a modern world, have such a wide selection of food to choose from, thus creating a dilemma: what to eat? His following book,
In Defense of Food, helps answer the question.
The simple answer?
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
'In Defense of Food' Author Offers Advice For Health : NPR