Posted on 04/21/2016 4:02:12 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Cutting down on milk and meat protein are top ways to lower an individual's carbon footprint, said Janet Ranganathan, VP of science and research at the World Resources Institute.
She is the lead author of a report published today that explores how dietary changes in the world's wealthiest nations can affect the environment.
The average American consumer is eating 83 grams of animal-based protein a day, well above the daily recommended amount of 51 grams. The research calls for bringing that overconsumption back in line with global average levels.
Using computer modeling, the report's authors calculated that if 2 billion consumers who eat over the recommended amount of meat cut their animal-based protein consumption in half, it would help to reduce the global "food gap" by 30 percent.
Eventually, activists said they hope to change social norms around behavior so that people will consistently pick vegetable-based proteins over animal-based ones.
(Excerpt) Read more at scientificamerican.com ...
Appropriate pic. Every liberal is a totalitarian thug and a liar.
There is a strong correlation between vegetarians and authoritarians of different sorts.
The fraud of Ancel Keys lives on sixty years later.
I stopped listening to Art Bell when he didn't challenge a guest pushing the cows-breaking-wind meme of AGW.
Maybe if Janet would blow her brains out it would slow global warming!
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