Cattle produce more global warming gases than cars

A single dairy cow produces about 120 pounds of wet manure per day, which is equivalent to the waste produced by 20–40 people. That means California's 1.4 million dairy cows produce as much waste as 28–56 million people. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Mongabay.com: Livestock-rearing generates more greenhouse gases than transportation according to a new report from the United Nations (U.N.), which adds that improved production methods could go a long way towards cutting emissions of gases reponsible for global warming. "Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today's most serious environmental problems," said Henning Steinfeld, a senior UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) official and lead author of the report. "Urgent ...Link (VIA-EcologicalInternet.org (Dr. Glen Barry)

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Comments by Haase:

Wow, it's like someone at the UN listened to 20 year old reports by vegans and the EPA ;-)

Seriously, most people would have a far greater impact on the environment by going "vegan" than goin "hybrid"... The key is to live a lifestyle that is respective to all this that have a "Eco-Impact". But, if we all do "something", together we can make a difference.