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Vegetarian Bill Gates: 'Livestock produces 51% of world's greenhouse gases'
The Examiner ^ | Mar. 21, 2013 | Samantha Chang

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 world’s 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 won’t 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: 3rdgenerationeugenic; billgates; depopilation; dishonest; elitist; eugenic; gmo; meat; microsoft; monsanto; populationcontrol; vegan
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61 posted on 03/21/2013 5:24:48 PM PDT by narses
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To: AuntB

Most of the vegans I know are fat. Just sayin’.


62 posted on 03/21/2013 5:29:01 PM PDT by KevinB (A country that would elect Barack Obama president twice is no longer worth fighting for.)
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To: SkyDancer

When my great grandmother died, her last words were, “Look at the beautiful light.”

This was in the 1940’s.


63 posted on 03/21/2013 5:32:23 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: AuntB

Hey Bill...75% of statistics are fabricated 51% of the time.


64 posted on 03/21/2013 5:40:42 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Hurry up Spring!!!!)
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To: AuntB

Gates should have been tending his company.


65 posted on 03/21/2013 5:44:54 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: SkyDancer
As my elderly father in law lay dieing he said:”Where’s my mother? I can hear her but I can’t see her.” Of course his mother passed on years before he did.
66 posted on 03/21/2013 5:45:12 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Hurry up Spring!!!!)
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To: AuntB

there needs to be a law that says anyone who advocates forcing their views on others needs to be flogged until they pass out. next time they do it flogged until dead.


67 posted on 03/21/2013 5:55:25 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Interesting on what people see as they’re dying. Some are beautiful and some are scary. What did Steve Jobs say “Oh Wow Oh Wow”


68 posted on 03/21/2013 5:55:49 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: 4yearlurker

Some scenes are really beautiful ....


69 posted on 03/21/2013 5:56:23 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Sweet story. When my grandfather died ( he was a devout Christian) he opened his eyes and said “ oh look at this beautiful place, the flowers are just beautiful-oh why there’s grandma! “ and then passed.


70 posted on 03/21/2013 6:00:39 PM PDT by murrie (1 Samuel 13:16 MOLON LABE)
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To: SampleMan; pajama pundit; sickoflibs; Liz; Olog-hai; cripplecreek; SatinDoll; Paladin2; NFHale; ...

“Gates should have been tending his company.”

Nah, he owns enough republicans to cover that.

He gives most of his $$$ to democrats, except for lobbying, 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 Norquist’s 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. Khan’s 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 appologist 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#


71 posted on 03/21/2013 6:01:38 PM PDT by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: SkyDancer

Sam Kinison died as a result of a car accident. He was pulled from the car and people were trying to help him but no one knew he was dying. He appeared to be speaking to someone who wasn’t there when he took his last breath.

http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/k/kinison/samkinison.htm


72 posted on 03/21/2013 6:02:00 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: AuntB

>> “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” <<

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Much as Microsoft Windows mimics the function of a real operating system.

In both cases, that is where the similarity ends. Taste and texture are not nutrition


73 posted on 03/21/2013 6:02:22 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: murrie

How wonderful and absolutely beautiful!!!


74 posted on 03/21/2013 6:02:52 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: editor-surveyor

Be sure to see post 71, editor-surveyor.
Hope you’ve been well, it’s good to see you.


75 posted on 03/21/2013 6:03:53 PM PDT by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Interesting story. Always thought he’d make a good AC/DC singer - his speech was like the lead singer. Both had this gravely way of speaking.


76 posted on 03/21/2013 6:10:11 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: AuntB

It all fits in.

Gates started his business in crime with a stolen disk operating system, and dug deeper from there on.


77 posted on 03/21/2013 6:14:17 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: AuntB

Shut up, you dweeb. You are rich, but you ain’t good looking.


78 posted on 03/21/2013 6:20:08 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: AuntB
When did he turn vegetarian? I know he used to chow down on meat back in the days he and Ballmer were at regional shows pushing the Green Microsoft boxes with early Excel, various compilers, and so on.
79 posted on 03/21/2013 6:21:56 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: AuntB

“.... the production of meat is responsible for over half the greenhouse gas emissions in the world.”

That’s why I kills them livestocks and eats’em, Billy.


80 posted on 03/21/2013 6:27:01 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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