Racing Extinction

PSU · December 02, 2015, 09:20:27 PM

Great documentary on Discovery. It starts again at 10:30 est. I highly recommend you check it out. Very eye opening. For the first time in my life, I'm considering becoming a vegetarian.

Verbatim · December 02, 2015, 09:23:10 PM

huh

good on you

Thun · December 02, 2015, 09:43:05 PM

That documentary is about extinction of endangered species or something right?

I don't see what that has to do with going veg tbh, we don't eat those species. Whatever floats your boat I guess.

PSU · December 02, 2015, 09:49:20 PM

Quote from: Thunder on December 02, 2015, 09:43:05 PM

That documentary is about extinction of endangered species or something right?

I don't see what that has to do with going veg tbh, we don't eat those species. Whatever floats your boat I guess.

Well I'm already on board with trying to save the environment and such. I've always loved nature and always try to do my part.

But the documentary had this one part about how the 1.5 Billion cows we have Each create about a 55 gallon trash bag worth of methane a day. Cutting down on meat, could cut down on that methane being released.

I mean, don't get me wrong. I love meat. But I'm considering going strictly vegetarian during the work week and then only consuming meat on weekends.

maverick · December 02, 2015, 10:26:39 PM

I predict within the next 200 years, vegetarianism with be the norm

R o c k e t · December 05, 2015, 04:52:40 AM

Do you have beef on anyone?

Verbatim · December 05, 2015, 09:30:57 AM

Quote from: Maverick on December 02, 2015, 10:26:39 PM

I predict within the next 200 years, vegetarianism with be the norm

I'd say even sooner than that.

Desty · December 05, 2015, 10:48:04 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on December 05, 2015, 09:30:57 AM

Quote from: Maverick on December 02, 2015, 10:26:39 PM
I predict within the next 200 years, vegetarianism with be the norm
I'd say even sooner than that.

Nah, I think I'm gonna stick with my bug burger as my source of protein.

Tsirist · December 06, 2015, 03:11:08 PM

Vegetarianism might have a chance of becoming the norm for these reasons when idiots stop rigging their diesel trucks to spew as many pollutants as they legally can to mock the notion of saving the environment. So hopefully within the next 200 years (or 50 when we have a lot more data), but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Winy · December 06, 2015, 03:23:02 PM

I wonder when and if eating insects will become more common.

I don't really have an ethical problem with, like, munching on grasshoppers or beetles. As far as I know, they don't feel pain in any remotely similar fashion to vertebrates.