Posted on 03/21/2013 4:03:31 PM PDT by AuntB
Billionaire Bill Gates is a vegetarian who has become a vocal advocate for a plant-based diet. Gates says a vegetarian diet is healthier and more environmentally friendly than a meat-based diet, and notes that the production of meat is responsible for over half the greenhouse gas emissions in the world.
"[Moving toward a vegetarian diet is] important too in light of the environmental impacts of large-scale meat and dairy production, with livestock estimated to produce nearly 51% of the worlds greenhouse gases," Gates blogged on Mashable March 21.
"The global population is on track to reach nine billion by 2050. What are all those people going to eat? With billions of people adding more animal protein to their diets meat consumption is expected to double by 2050 it seems clear that arable land for raising livestock wont be able to keep up."
Gates, the co-founder and chairman of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, regularly blogs about the future of food on his website, Gates Notes.
Bill says there are great innovations taking place in food production that can create delicious plant-based meat substitutes that mimic the taste and texture of meat.
Gates, 57, says the innovations can also help with hunger-relief efforts in poor countries. In 2012, the Gates Foundation announced plans to invest in genetically-modified agriculture to combat world hunger.
While the move has been criticized by some, Gates insists a plant-based diet is the cornerstone of superior health, hunger relief, and is better for the environment.
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National Geographic: Herring break wind to communicate.
herring create a mysterious underwater noise by farting. Researchers suspect herring hear the bubbles as they're expelled, helping the fish form protective shoals at night. It's the first ever study to suggest fish communicate by breaking wind.
This shows what a great country America is. In America even an ash hole like Gates can become a billionaire.
SCIENTISTS CAPTURE WHALE ‘FART’ ON FILM
http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/11272.html
Strange sound in Pacific Ocean audible 5,000 kilometers away!
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1759591/pg1
Please note below the GOP operatives who facilitate Gates. Gates gives most of his $$$ to democrats, except for lobbying, He supported Obama, is a fan of amnesty.
TOP ISSUES LOBBIED, 2012
1. Taxes
2. Immigration
3. Telecommunications
4. Computers & Information Tech
5. Copyright, Patent & Trademark
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=d000000115
Most of you likely know all the above. But do you know who some of his biggest lobbyists are? That might surprise you.
[SNIP]Yesterday, Grover Norquists weekly Americans for Tax Reform conclave was the venue for an announcement by Suhail Khan that he was becoming director for external affairs for Microsoft. Khans transformation into a corporate lobbyist comes amidst rising concerns in conservative circles about his longstanding family and personal ties to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB or Ikhwan) in America and his positions in favor of such MB priorities as building the Ground Zero mosque, closing Guantanamo Bay.... dissembling about shariah, etc.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2011/04/07/Microsoft-Reaches-Out-to-the-Muslim-Brotherhood
THAT would be the same Muslim Brotherhood apologist Suhail Khan, CPAC organizer & board member
AND Grover Norquist, CPAC organizer , founder of the Islamic Institute & Microsoft lobbyist.
http://www.thenation.com/blog/171600/norquists-says-he-fights-taxpayers-goes-bat-donors#
A pox on all their houses!!!
Wow thanks for the information. I knew Gates supported amenstry and such. Yet regarding CPAC and Suhail Khan just wow.
Thanks for noticing! More here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2999663/posts
> Is he getting enough protein in his diet?
He is if his balanced diet includes beans, nuts, seeds, lentils, and whole grains.
We do have to stop the media and pseudoscientists defining for us what is a “greenhouse gas”. The only such gas that has an effect on the “climate” is water. (Good ol’ DHMO.)
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