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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

Gene GeRue wrote:

> > Sunday night I wanted to have a nice dinner so I dug salsify and leeks
> > and corn salad to go with steak.
> >    
>
> Well, here it is, folks, meat eaters are bigger contributors to  
> global warming than Hummer drivers. Pretty soon, to hold our heads  
> high, we will all have to eat rocks and poop powder.
>
>
> Humans' beef with livestock: a warmer planet
> American meat eaters are responsible for 1.5 more tons of carbon  
> dioxide per person than vegetarians every year.
>  
What if I said I was using up the old beef to make room for the new lamb 
that I'm going to pick up today?  Tonight I'm dreaming of a giant batch 
of beef stew just to use up more.

Q:  Weren't all the carbon atoms in compounds emitted (by cattle) 
recently removed from the atmosphere by plants as CO2???

Bill
S. Oregon coast