<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Roger,</DIV><DIV>Your vegetarian daughter seems like a very smart person. Like her, I'm willing to pay a little extra for organic food; I see it as an investment in my health and the planet's. Plus it's relatively cheap considering I don't buy meat or cheese and avoid overly processed & packaged foods which tend to be pricier. Anyway, props to your daughter for her compassionate and wise food choices. :)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Nutritional yeast is a vegan source of Vitamin B12. Hemp seeds & flax seeds are excellent sources of all the essential amino acids, including Omega 3 & 6. Many products such as cereals and fortified soy or rice milk also contain B12 and other essential nutrients. Iron is another one some vegans have difficulty obtaining, but considering it can be found in many green leafy vegetables (which are pretty much the healthiest things on the planet), they must be what I call "junk food vegans." :) There are plant sources of every nutrient necessary for human health, and meat is definitely not necessary for a healthy diet (just the opposite, actually - it is acidic and full of fat and cholesterol). And alas, there is no cholesterol in a vegan diet so the risk of America's #1 killer, heart disease, is greatly diminished. It also reduces the risk of cancers such as colon cancer, which is very closely linked to meat consumption. Lots of research has been done on this subject, I doubt it's very well publicized since the meat/dairy/egg industries have huge lobbies and will do just about anything to keep the truth about their products hidden.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>As for PETA, I really don't even want to get into a debate about it, as I believe I have brought it up before. But, for the record, PETA does not use illegal methods in promoting animal rights, they do not condone terrorism, violence, or destruction of property at all and have never used these methods in their campaigns. I think there is a lot of misinformation floating around and a lot of confusion with other groups in the animal rights movement, but I can assure you that PETA does not do anything illegal in its campaigns. They were actually recently audited and investigated by the FBI (along with Greenpeace, ACLU, and many other "leftist" organizations the gov't was suspicious of for some reason) and the FBI found nothing linking them to terrorism or illegal acts of any kind, and no citations were made. I know many people disagree with PETA and their often bold tactics, but they are not illegal and they are certainly not advocates of terrorism. Perhaps you are confusing PETA with ALF? There is no connection between the two groups other than both are interested in helping animals. Hope this has cleared up any confusion... </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Anyway, let's lay the issue to rest, shall we? Everyone has a choice and can eat whatever they wish, that's fine by me. I just like to share my experience and I think everyone should have the right to know where their food is coming from. :)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>peace, </DIV><DIV>~Megan</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV>On Mar 12, 2007, at 3:00 PM, <A href="mailto:vision2020-request@moscow.com">vision2020-request@moscow.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Message: 2</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:49:17 -0700</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">From: lfalen <<A href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Global Warming, etc.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">To: "Megan Prusynski" <<A href="mailto:megan@meganpru.com">megan@meganpru.com</A>>, <A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Message-ID: <<A href="mailto:3742934c33b4c56b7b30ba43992745d5@turbonet.com">3742934c33b4c56b7b30ba43992745d5@turbonet.com</A>></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Magan</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">I advocate a diet high in fruits and vegetables. There is a considerable scientific evidence that this is desirable. It is also desirable that some meet products be consumed for a balanced diet. An all meat diet such as the Atkins diet is not good over the long haul. It is difficult although not imposable to get adequate, Vitamin B12, Omega 3 Fatty acids and CLA strictly from plant sources.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>My youngest daughter is a vegetarian except for eggs and buys the high priced organic products, even though there are a lot of cheaper non- organic products that are just as good. My other two kids. do not follow that line. I guess two out of three isn't bad. As for PETA what they have to say is not valid and their tactics are unethical. They along with The Earth Liberation Front should be classified as terrorist organizations.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Roger<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">-----Original message-----</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">From: Megan Prusynski <A href="mailto:megan@meganpru.com">megan@meganpru.com</A></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:22:08 -0700</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">To: <A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Global Warming, etc.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Doug,</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">I'm happy to hear that you are making an effort to eat less meat. <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Your health will thank you, as well as the planet.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">As for your questions, is that the best you could come up with? LOL! <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">What will we do with all the cattle? Well, I'm not sure the entire <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">planet will be giving up their meat addition just yet (although one <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">would hope that in light of the overwhelming evidence that it's <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">slowly killing us, everyone would switch to a plant-based diet). I <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">think we can adjust over time and as the demand for meat goes down, <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">the number of livestock bred and raised in factory farms will go down <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">accordingly. In the meantime, I believe that livestock species can be <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">protected and saved in sanctuaries such as the Farm Sanctuary. I <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">doubt that we will completely eradicate our use of livestock, but <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">reducing their number over time by, perhaps, not artificially <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">inseminating milk cows to keep them pregnant and producing milk all <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">the time and raising their babies for veal... and of course, just <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">breeding animals less, will help reduce the greenhouse gases they <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">produce. We can then use more farmland for growing plants that will <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">feed humans directly, instead of the majority of our farmland (and <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">our imports) going to feed cattle at a huge expense of land, water, <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">and resources.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">I'm not trying to say that eradicating meat production is our only <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">choice, nor is it really possible at this point, but we could start <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">by reducing our intake of meat so that the demand goes down. It's the <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">intensive industrial farming methods that we use that are hazardous <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">to the environment, much more so than farmers in Asia using oxen <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">instead of tractors. Maybe we could go back to organic farming (and <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">more plants grown for food, less for livestock feed) on a large scale <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">and rid ourselves of factory farms, which are one of the largest <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">polluters in this country.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">As for the cabbage, I'm not aware of the greenhouse gases produced by <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">cabbage. And I don't see how cabbage production would increase, there <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">are many many many more edible plants out there.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Ants... well, I don't think they produce many greenhouse gases <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">compared to livestock or humans. And they've been around for quite <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">some time with little detrimental effect on the planet. They tend to <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">live in harmony with their ecosystems, maybe we could learn something <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">from them (well, maybe not all species).</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">If you have scientific information on the impacts of cabbage and ants <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">on the atmosphere, please, do share. :)</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">peace & veggies!</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">~megan</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">On Mar 12, 2007, at 12:00 PM, <A href="mailto:vision2020-request@moscow.com">vision2020-request@moscow.com</A> wrote:</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Message: 1</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:50:36 -0400</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">From: <A href="mailto:heirdoug@netscape.net">heirdoug@netscape.net</A></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Subject: [Vision2020]<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Ed the Viking, Greenland, and Global Warming</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">To: <A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>, <A href="mailto:megan@meganpru.com">megan@meganpru.com</A></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Message-ID: <<A href="mailto:8C932D54FAFF4B1-AE4-143A@webmail-de02.sysops.aol.com">8C932D54FAFF4B1-AE4-143A@webmail-de02.sysops.aol.com</A>></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Megan,</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">I'm with you too much meat is not a good thing. I only eat 15 to 20%</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">meat now. What do we do with all of the cattle and monkeys that are</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">worshiped in India? What do we do with all of oxen that are used to</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">farm the land in Asia? Should we replace them with tractors?</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Let's say that we all turn to eating plants. What would be the <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">increase</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">in our production of green house gas from all of the cabbage?</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">What about the ant population? Don't those little critters produce a</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">lot a methane?</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Please feel free to answer these questions.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Doug!</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">----------------------------------------------------------------------<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">---</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">-------</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">This is just a guess (since I'm not Nick), but perhaps the statistics</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">on livestock contributing more to global warming than all</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">transportation combined came from this UN's Food and Agriculture</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Organization report: <A href="http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/">http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/</A></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">index.html</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Here's a quote from the above article:</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">"Which causes more greenhouse gas emissions, rearing cattle or</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">driving cars?</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Surprise!</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">According to a new report published by the United Nations Food and</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Agriculture Organization, the livestock sector generates more</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent - 18 percent -</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">than transport. It is also a major source of land and water</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">degradation."</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Looks like going vegetarian has more positive impact on global</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">warming than getting a hybrid. :) PETA has written a letter to Al</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">Gore asking if he'd consider going veg (and offering to make him some</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">fine vegan cookin') in order to reduce his impact on global warming</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">and set an example. We'll see if he responds. Here's the article on</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">that from PETA's blog: <A href="http://blog.peta.org/archives/2007/03/">http://blog.peta.org/archives/2007/03/</A></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">clearing_a_few.php</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">If anyone needs vegetarian recipes or tips, I have plenty to share. ;)</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">peace,</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Helvetica">~Megan</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica; min-height: 13.0px"><BR></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>