"John Cartmell" wrote in message
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In article ,
Mary Fisher wrote:
Unless we ate meat there'd be very few ruminants around.

Which would reduce global warming, destruction of tropical forests, and
destructive mono-cultures. Sounds OK to me.

We'd reduce all that much more if we didn't have mankind.

A severe reduction in those numbers would make it reasonable again to
import
some very interesting hardwoods for DIY use struggling to get back to
anything relevant to uk.d-i-y ;-)

er- the destruction of tropical forests was/is by Man, not by the ruminants.
The 'demand' for beef reared on the cleared ground isn't the fault of the
ruminants, it's by Man.

Destructive mono-cultures aren't just about feeding ruminants, they have all
sorts of other end-products.

Global warming is a result, largely, of using powered tools and vehicles.

The answer? DIY :-)

Get out a hand saw, use legs instead of a car. Most carjounreys are for very
short journeys which could be walked.

Yes, I know that a hand saw uses steel which demands energy to make it but
that energy is a one-off use.

Et cetera.

Mary