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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 12:40 PM Original message |
Eating less meat would save emissions, like driving a Prius |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. In cold climates, off-season produce from heated greenhouses also has high fuel costs |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have several friends who are |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've cut way way down on my meat consumption |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. In the bigger picture it's not food alone. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The only constant we have is direct energy from the sun. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Isn't geothermal heat a product of nuclear reactions in the Earth's core? |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. At least partly (probably mostly) nuclear decay, yes |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. What if I just eat the Prius? n/t |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah, it's true. But there are a lot of things we could do to save on emissions. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Americans can cut electricity use by double digit percentages in an instant |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. I've also cut my meat intake way back in recent years . . . |
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