PETA To Al Gore: You Can't be a Meat-Eating
Environmentalist
The Most 'Inconvenient Truth': According
to U.N., Animals Raised for Food Generate
More Greenhouse Gases Than All Cars and
Trucks Combined...
Norfolk,
Va. - This morning, PETA sent
a letter to former vice president Al Gore
explaining to him that the best way to
fight global warming is to go vegetarian
and offering to cook him faux "fried
chicken" as an introduction to meat-free
meals. In its letter, PETA points out
that Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth-which
starkly outlines the potentially catastrophic
effects of global warming and just won
the Academy Award for "Best Documentary"-has
failed to address the fact that the meat
industry is the largest contributor to
greenhouse-gas emissions.
In the letter, PETA
points out the following:
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The effect that our meat addiction is
having on the climate is truly staggering.
In fact, in its recent report "Livestock's
Long Shadow-Environmental Issues and Options,"
the United Nations determined that raising
animals for food generates more greenhouse
gases than all the cars and trucks in
the world combined.
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Researchers at the University of Chicago
have determined that switching to a vegan
diet is more effective in countering global
warming than switching from a standard
American car to a Toyota Prius.
PETA also reminds
Gore that his critics love to question
whether he practices what he preaches
and suggests that by going vegetarian,
he could cut down on his contribution
to global warming and silence his critics
at the same time.
"The single
best thing that any of us can do to for
our health, for animals, and for the environment
is to go vegetarian," says PETA President
Ingrid E. Newkirk. "The best and
easiest way for Mr. Gore to show his critics
that he's truly committed to fighting
global warming is to kick his meat habit
immediately."