Reply #37: This Silly Stuff Again? [View All]

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No, being a vegetarian isn't doing a damn thing to thwart global warming. It's a novel concept, but one in which there is no real bearing in reality.

If you want to eat meat feel free to do so and do so without guilt. Though the methane emissions are a problem there are many ways being worked on right now to minimize them through different cow feed etc. But vegetarianism is not one of the proposed ways to curb this.

The foolish thinking here is that by becoming a vegetarian there will be less cows somehow. There won't be. The cows will be bred same as they are now and will create methane same as they do now. I know some want to push the whole 'become a vegetarian and fight global warming!' issue in order to give themselves something to feel special about, but it really is just utter nonsense.

There's not a thing wrong with eating meat and if that's your choice by all means continue to do so. Take comfort in the fact that many are aware to the methane issue and are working quite hard and finding ways of minimizing its production.

So if someone is to become a vegetarian, which is their right and choice, it should just be because that's the appropriate lifestyle choice for themselves. But doing it for some reason of thinking it is reducing global warming somehow, is just complete silliness.