Meat is Murder

So I went to H Market for the first time since my friend from the peace movement said "They got all kinds of tofu there." I went to her house for Christmas and they had Tofurkey for dinner. It was nice. Why am I eating tofu you ask? That is so unAmerican you say. After all Americans eat 15% of all the animals produced in the world despite us being only 5% of the population. Well this is the new America that I predict will arrise soon. People doing things that are better for the environment since in case you are oblivious to the fact and you view it all as Al Gore bullshit to quote one of my family members. THIS WORLD IS DYING. And as a citizen of the world, I want to do all I can to keep it alive and kicking.

Here are some facts to help you decide if I am a wacky UnAmerican or not. (My source is Visions: Volume 12: American Visionary Art Museum. Everything quoted from this source has "" around it. )

Water Supply-- "A pound of meat requires 2,500 gallons of water to produce." Well what about the draught in Atalanta. And how about people in Africa. Couldn't they use this water?

Air and Water Pollution: "US livestock produce 20 times more excrement that do humans, constituting 12% of all ozone depleting methane emisions and raising ammonia and nitrate levels in drinking water to dangerous levels." I once read that people who live near these animal factories have serious health problems due to all the poop these creatures produce.

Land Use: "80 % of all US corn and soybeans that are grown are used to feed livestock" IF you eat tofu instead you are bypassing this problem and cutting down on the amount of acres of rain forest that need to be copped down to feed you and other Americans.

Energy Efficiency: "The world's petroleum reserves could last 20 times longer if used for food production other then meat." It takes less resources to produce tofu. I know you are saying "I hate tofu. How could he eat that. He is UnAmerican. Americans eat meat." Well I love America and the world> I want to see it last.

There are other things listed in the article to prove my point. Maybe you can look it up on the internet at www.avam.org. They have excellent exhibits that run a whole year. Last year was Animals and how they relate to us. I just want to say that the Smiths had it right : Meat is Murder. The way these chickens, pigs, and cows are treated should convince and caring human being that eating animals is nasty. Plain and simple. I wish I did this diet earlier in my life.