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  BWAAAHAHAHAHA! Luke 14:28

  by marmot in

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  new international version"suppose one of you wants to build a tower.

  won't you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?".

  the irony, oh the sweet sweet delicious irony..

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  marmot

  New International Version
  "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won't you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?"

  The irony, oh the sweet sweet delicious irony.
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  Uh, wow. I think I might become vegan.

  by marmot in

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  i am a dyed in the wool carnivore.

  i suffer from cheese addiction.

  lobsters are mercilessly boiled alive.. but after watching this new documentary called cowspiracy on netflix, all that may change.

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  I thought the same thing about grass-fed beef, but the truth is that it's even worse for the environment than factory-farmed meat. Perhaps better for the animal's well-being (until we kill them, that is) but a grass-fed cow takes 8 more months of feeding, watering, and methane and nitrous oxide emissions before slaughter compared to a factory-farmed cow.

  Not to mention that the land required to meet the demand just doesn't exist.
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  Uh, wow. I think I might become vegan.

  by marmot in

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  i am a dyed in the wool carnivore.

  i suffer from cheese addiction.

  lobsters are mercilessly boiled alive.. but after watching this new documentary called cowspiracy on netflix, all that may change.

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  The population growth argument is shaky, it's more of a livestock population growth problem.

  7 billion people

  70 billion cattle

  Who needs more food and water and uses more land?
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  Uh, wow. I think I might become vegan.

  by marmot in

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  i am a dyed in the wool carnivore.

  i suffer from cheese addiction.

  lobsters are mercilessly boiled alive.. but after watching this new documentary called cowspiracy on netflix, all that may change.

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  Oh I have no qualms about killing cute little critters for meat. I'm a hunter and fisherman and will continue to supplement my diet with wild game but the documentary is more about the environmental impact of eating animal products due to unsustainable farming practices.

  Animal farming is THE leading threat to the environment due to water use, land (mis)use and greenhouse gas emissions, but what are we told to do by the so-called "environmentalists?" Buy electric cars, buy high-efficiency washers, buy compact fluorescent lightbulbs, buy solar panels.

  Notice a trend? Spend, spend, spend. No one is talking about the huge impact you can have immediately by cutting animal products from your diet. Why? That would hurt the industry pocketbooks.

  I was literally sick to my stomach when I found out about water use in the livestock industry. We're being told not to water our lawns and conserve water at every corner, there's real talk about water resource wars in the near future. Following every single conservation trick in the book you might save 50 gallons a month of domestic water use whereas a SINGLE quarter-pound hamburger takes 660 gallons of water to produce.

  The data is out there for all to see, but none of the major environmental groups will touch the issue with a ten-foot pole.

  Our biosphere is in crisis, the oceans are on the verge of collapse, but everyone's being misinformed about the major issue driving climate change, species extinction and habitat destruction.
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  Uh, wow. I think I might become vegan.

  by marmot in

  1. social
  2. current

  i am a dyed in the wool carnivore.

  i suffer from cheese addiction.

  lobsters are mercilessly boiled alive.. but after watching this new documentary called cowspiracy on netflix, all that may change.

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  Here are a few relevant facts from the documentary:

  - Animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than the combined exhaust from all transportation.

  - Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.

  - Methane is 25-100 times more destructive than CO2 on a 20 year time frame.

  - Methane has a global warming potential 86 times that of CO2 on a 20 year time frame.

  - Livestock is responsible for 65% of all human-related emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas with 296 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide, and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years.

  - Emissions for agriculture projected to increase 80% by 2050.

  - Even without fossil fuels, we will exceed our 565 gigatonnes CO2e limit by 2030, all from raising animals.

  
  
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  Uh, wow. I think I might become vegan.

  by marmot in

  1. social
  2. current

  i am a dyed in the wool carnivore.

  i suffer from cheese addiction.

  lobsters are mercilessly boiled alive.. but after watching this new documentary called cowspiracy on netflix, all that may change.

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  What really stunned me about this documentary is how hypocritical so-called environmentalist groups are. Even faced with insurmountable evidence, the leaders of these groups are manipulated by big agribusiness to stay silent on the issue and divert the public's attention. I was sickened.
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  Uh, wow. I think I might become vegan.

  by marmot in

  1. social
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  i am a dyed in the wool carnivore.

  i suffer from cheese addiction.

  lobsters are mercilessly boiled alive.. but after watching this new documentary called cowspiracy on netflix, all that may change.

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  Village Idiot, the documentary thankfully backs up the statements with facts. Have a read:

  http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/
  
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  Uh, wow. I think I might become vegan.

  by marmot in

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  i am a dyed in the wool carnivore.

  i suffer from cheese addiction.

  lobsters are mercilessly boiled alive.. but after watching this new documentary called cowspiracy on netflix, all that may change.

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  marmot

  Aside from facile attempts at humor, anything to add to the conversation? I welcome discussion.
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  Uh, wow. I think I might become vegan.

  by marmot in

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  i am a dyed in the wool carnivore.

  i suffer from cheese addiction.

  lobsters are mercilessly boiled alive.. but after watching this new documentary called cowspiracy on netflix, all that may change.

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  marmot

  I am a dyed in the wool carnivore. I suffer from cheese addiction. Lobsters are mercilessly boiled alive.

  But after watching this new documentary called Cowspiracy on Netflix, all that may change. I had no idea that animal agriculture has even MORE of an impact on climate change than the entire energy and transportation sector. I already take short showers and try to conserve water and electricity and I drive a fuel efficient car, but did you know a 1/4 lb hamburger takes 660 gallons of water to produce and contributes more greenhouse gas to the atmosphere than your morning commute? I didn't.

  Halfway through the movie, I thought "Ok, maybe I'll become a vegetarian but still eat fish, that can be sustainable, right?" Wrong. Farm-raised fish have to either eat ground-up protein from the sea (which still kills tons upon tons of wild fish) or soy-based protein from farms, which is tremendously inefficient at converting one type of edible biomass (plants) into another (fish).

  I hate to sound preachy, but watch this movie.
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  Buddhism Anyone?

  by LaurenM in

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  2. beliefs

  so, i have recently been delving in buddhism and i must say it all makes sense!

  like, the philosophies and ideas are what i've always believed but could never put a name to.

  for example, they don't believe in god, they teach acceptance of all faiths, that peace can be achieved - not by changing other people - but by changing yourself, that everyone has goodness in themselves, that happiness can be gained internally (not externally as a gift from god), and that life is temporary so we should enjoy it!

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  Ditto what Cappytan said. I'm more of a Pastafarian with Buddha-flavored meatballs.