Go Vegetarian - Save the World!

[SteamWake]

[ETR3(SS)]

I got a great idea! Let's just kill all the animals all over the planet. This will reduce carbon emissions by infinity billion tons a year!

/end sarcasm

Seriously if we all become vegetarian then what will we do with the all the livestock? I doubt the bleeding hearts of the vegans will find wholesale slaughter for no reason acceptable. Aramike I'm comin over for that steak, I'll even bring the baked beans.

[NeonSamurai]

That one is simple really, any change in dietary consumption on a large scale would at best be gradual, and the animal stocks would gradually shrink as well.

Anyhow I also agree with Skybird in this case based on all the information I have acquired on the subject. My diet is also very low in meat and fish.

I would point out though that a fair amount of what farm animals are fed is not fit for human consumption, but for a well rounded diet they do need the other kinds of food too.

The big one though is cutting back on the human population which is totally out of control.

[FIREWALL]

I'm kinda Vegan... I always have a big baked potato with my 2" steak.

[August]

Since my heart attack I limit my meat consumption to bison and fish.

[Oberon]

Count me in on that steak, but yeah, the primary problem is supply and demand. With medical facilities in the western world constantly improving and continued aid to 'Third world' nations, as well as the growing populations of the 'Second world' nations we are outgrowing our own supply. Compounding this problem is the 'First World' nations steadily growing elderly population, so people are living longer as well as producing offspring at a continued rate, death rates are down, but birth rates are unchanged, and diseases are contained easier (for the most part) than before. So the only thing left to rebalance populations is human events (war) or natural events (earthquakes, volcanos) but in this age, we are predicting natural events with enough time to save lives, and trying to reduce the number of wars.
All good things morally, but it increases the population, and at the same time, environmental concerns (be it through natural or man-made events) are also effecting the food production rate.
Still, such a trend cannot continue indefinately, so we'll either create crops which produce more food, find a way to create food from other resources (replicators?), have a large scale natural disaster to lower population levels or suffer a global famine, but probably only after several largescale wars over food supply.
And to be frank, going veggie won't do a bloody thing.
So, I'll have some fries with my steak please Aramike

[Ilpalazzo]

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

The big one though is cutting back on the human population which is totally out of control.

Word. It's insane

I was going to type something in bad taste in regards to overpopulation, but decided not to

Suffice to say, I am doing my part and not having any kids in my life. Actually I just hate kids, but saying that I'm helping the world makes me sound awesome.

ps. I hope Aramike responds to my first post properly. So help me if you don't say it!