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  Not An Opinion - Just Uninformed

  You've obviously not read much about fertile ground and the effect that human activity has on farm land.   The way we live and consume is having a direct impact on the climate.  Here are couple of facts about one small aspect of human activity - the beef industry - for you to chew on:

  Cause of global warming: greenhouse effect
  Primary  cause of greenhouse effect: carbon dioxide emissions from fossil  fuels
  Fossil fuels needed to produce meat-centered diet vs. a meat-free  diet: 3 times more
  Percentage of U.S. topsoil lost to date:  75
  Percentage of U.S. topsoil loss directly related to livestock raising:  85
  Number of acres of U.S. forest cleared for cropland to produce  meat-centered diet: 260 million
  Amount of meat imported to U.S. annually  from Central and South America: 300,000,000 pounds
  Percentage of Central  American children under the age of five who are undernourished: 75
  Area of  tropical rainforest consumed in every quarter-pound of rainforest beef: 55  square feet
  Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of  tropical rainforests for meat grazing and other uses: 1,000 per year  

  There are literally thousands of articles and sites that support these facts:

  http://www.ipcc.ch/

  http://www.realclimate.org/

  http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//004469.html

  http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/watch/climate_change/ch ...

  http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//001900.html

  http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics

  http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//006967.html

  I could quote study after peer reviewed study that says warmer global temperatures are extremely bad for our future as a species.  But if you want to ignore the facts go right ahead - but like many others out there we aren't just interested in saving the polar bears - I for one am interested in ensuring my children (one of whom is ten) will have a habitable planet to raise his children on in 20 years time.  

  Besides your view isn't an "opinion".  Saying global warming is good for the planet is about as dumb as saying the world is flat and the sun revolves around the earth.  Wake up and smell the planet burning.  If you truly want to help 10 year old children, get out there and make a difference:

  http://wip.warnerbros.com/11thhour/

  http://www.liveearth.org/news.phpOn 'Greenland used to be green'--Don't judge a book by its cover, much less a land by its name posted 2 years, 4 months ago 23 Responses

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  Not An Opinion - Just Uninformed

  To John:

  You've obviously not read much about fertile ground and the effect that human activity has on farm land.   The way we live and consume is having a direct impact on the climate.  Here are couple of facts about one small aspect of human activity - the beef industry - for you to chew on:

  Cause of global warming: greenhouse effect
  Primary  cause of greenhouse effect: carbon dioxide emissions from fossil  fuels
  Fossil fuels needed to produce meat-centered diet vs. a meat-free  diet: 3 times more
  Percentage of U.S. topsoil lost to date:  75
  Percentage of U.S. topsoil loss directly related to livestock raising:  85
  Number of acres of U.S. forest cleared for cropland to produce  meat-centered diet: 260 million
  Amount of meat imported to U.S. annually  from Central and South America: 300,000,000 pounds
  Percentage of Central  American children under the age of five who are undernourished: 75
  Area of  tropical rainforest consumed in every quarter-pound of rainforest beef: 55  square feet
  Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of  tropical rainforests for meat grazing and other uses: 1,000 per year  

  There are literally thousands of articles and sites that support these facts:

  http://www.ipcc.ch/

  http://www.realclimate.org/

  http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//004469.html

  http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/watch/climate_change/ch ...

  http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//001900.html

  http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics

  http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//006967.html

  I could quote study after peer reviewed study that says warmer global temperatures are extremely bad for our future as a species.  But if you want to ignore the facts go right ahead - but like many others out there we aren't just interested in saving the polar bears - I for one am interested in ensuring my children (one of whom is ten) will have a habitable planet to raise his children on in 20 years time.  

  Besides your view isn't an "opinion".  Saying global warming is good for the planet is about as dumb as saying the world is flat and the sun revolves around the earth.  Wake up and smell the planet burning.  If you truly want to help 10 year old children, get out there and make a difference:

  http://wip.warnerbros.com/11thhour/

  http://www.liveearth.org/news.php
  On 'Greenland used to be green'--Don't judge a book by its cover, much less a land by its name posted 2 years, 4 months ago 23 Responses