Sunday, April 21, 2013

Breaking: One of the founders of "Melbourne Pig Save" claims that removing meat from our diets would reduce our bad-weather-prevention costs by 70%

Protecting global climate with Vegan Challenge: Interview with Paul Mahony | rabble.ca
Paul Mahony, one of the founders of Melbourne Pig Save, speaks to Anita Krajnc about the vegan imperative to help solve the climate crisis.
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A 2009 study by the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency reported that a global transition to a completely animal free diet is estimated to reduce climate change mitigation costs by around 80%. Removing just meat from the diet would reduce the costs by around 70%.

1 comment:

Soylent Sage said...

That report must be hilarious. Wonder why no one else cites it.