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> Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
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> Meat is Horrible
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> Hinduism Today Magazine, hinduismtoday.com
> July 10, 2016
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> Source -
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/.../?tid=pm_pop_b
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> USA, July 10, 2016 (by Rachel Premack, Washington Post): It may be
> delicious, but the evidence is accumulating that meat, particularly red
> meat, is just a disaster for the environment -- and not so great for human
> beings, too. By 2050, scientists forecast that emissions from agriculture
> alone will account for how much carbon dioxide the world can use to avoid
> catastrophic global warming. It already accounts for one-third of emissions
> today -- and half of that comes from livestock. That's a driving reason why
> members of a United Nations panel last month urged its environmental
> assembly to consider recommending a tax on meat producers and sellers. By
> raising the cost of buying meat, it would ultimately aim to reduce
> production and the demand for it.
>
> Maarten Hajer, professor at the Netherlands Utrecht University, led the
> environment and food report that recommended the meat tax. "All of the
> harmful effects on the environment and on health needs to be priced into
> food products," said Hajer, who is a member of U.N.'s International
> Resource Panel, which comprises 34 top scientists and 30 governments. "I
> think it is extremely urgent." But, he added, "Food is very political. In
> countries where meat is a cultural mainstay and income inequality already
> breeds a lack of food access, it could be a difficult argument. But,
> governments must soon move to limit major carbon producers, Hajer said.
> Food companies will naturally be part of that.
>
> The idea of a meat tax has developed over the past 25 years as a
> "completely obvious" measure to economists and environmentalists, Hajer
> said, as knowledge of the environmental toll of meat emerged. Agriculture
> consumes 80 percent of water in the United States. For a kilogram of red
> meat, you need considerably more water than for plant products. Governments
> are starting to take notice. China, which consumes half of the world's pork
> and more than a quarter of its overall meat, announced new dietary
> guidelines last week that advises the average citizen to reduce their meat
> consumption by one-half.
>
> Denmark went a little further in May. The Danish government is considering
> a recommendation from its ethics council that all red meats should be
> taxed. Red meat accounts for 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions,
> and the council argued that Danes were "ethically obliged" to reduce their
> consumption. Countries such as the Czech Republic and Poland have
> dramatically reduced their agricultural carbon output, as much as a half.
> But countries that are expanding their meat-lovers' impulses are doing so
> at much larger jumps. Brazil's carbon output from food production has
> increased by 47 percent from 2000 to 2012 -- that's an increase of 150
> million tons of carbon dioxide. In China, a 35-percent jump from 1994 to
> 2005 means 220 million more tons of carbon dioxide.
>
> Much of that is meat production, which contributes an estimated 14.5
> percent to annual greenhouse gas emissions. That's more than emissions from
> every car, train, ship and airplane combined. Of that, 65 percent is
> enteric fermentation [google it] and manure, according to a 2014 Chatham
> House analysis. Feed constitutes one-fifth of that, followed by land-use
> change, energy use and post-farm activities. Along with a tax, a meat
> cutback could be achieved by making plant-based diets more appealing and
> less expensive. People in the West often think that vegetarianism is a diet
> for wealthier folks, Wellesley said. The United States could slash its
> health-care spending the most by phasing out meat for vegetables.
>
> For much more, go to source -
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/.../?tid=pm_pop_b
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> http://www.hinduismtoday.com/blogs-n...ble/15240.html
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> More at:
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> Hinduism Today Magazine
> http://www.hinduismtoday.com
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> The Meat-Free Life
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> http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules...hp?itemid=3886
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> Vegan vs. Vegetarian Diets: How Each Will Impact Your Health
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> Medical Daily, medicaldaily.com
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> http://www.medicaldaily.com/vegan-vs...-health-329300
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> The Digestive Perks Of Being A Vegetarian
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> Yahoo Health, yahoo.com
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> https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/the-dig...938082363.html

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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
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