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Inaddition,theincreaseofnitrousoxide
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has resulted in a 10 percent destruction
of the ozone layer. Nitrous oxide, which
has the highest potential of accelerating
global warming among greenhouse
gases, comes from nitrogen chemical
fertilizer or nitrogen from animal
excreta. Although the responsibility of
our environmental problems are on both
sides, some vegans and their supporters
stress that it is exclusively the fault of
the meat industry, overlooking that plant
basedfarmingisalsoaproblem.
Thekeyis…
▲Anincreaseinvegetarianismcanresultindeforestation.
It is difficult to say that a vegan diet
attemptedtosupporttheirbabyonadiet
from beef and milk to highly refined
is the key good health and a good
of soymilk and apple juice exclusively,
livestock product analogues such as tofu
environment. The key to both is not a
and their son died of starvation at six-
could actually increase the quantity of
‘plant or meat’ question but exists in
monthsold.Also,therearesomenations
arable land needed to supply the U.K.”
solvingtoday’sover-eating,over-meating,
that prohibit vegan diets. For example,
In this study, they showed that the
andover-producingculture.
a new law passed in France states that
amountofforeignlandthatisrequiredto
The current attention to vegetarianism,
all school meals in France must contain
produce the substitute products like soy
includingveganism,isdirectlyrelatedto
meatandanimalproducts.
andchickpeasishuge.Also,theyshowed
the treatment and prevention of modern
the potential destruction of forests from
diseases which are mostly caused by
making way for farmland outweighs the
over-eating. Also, the current attention
negative aspects of producing beef and
to the environment stems largely from
Isavegandietreallythekeyto
lambinBritain.
concern about global warming and
goodenvironment?
As this study describes, why and how
the over-production of all types of
Many vegans criticize the meat
much the meat industries negatively
agricultureandmanufacturing.
industry as it pollutes the environment
influence the environment is not the
“Theproblemisnotinthemeatdietbut
emitting greenhouse gases, which are
whole picture of the environmental
the mass production, mass consumption,
a main cause of global warming. Some
problem. Some vegans tend to focus
and the culture that senselessly allows
vegansassertthatavoidingredmeatand
only on this point but it is necessary to
an over-production of meat,” said Choi
following a vegan diet is beneficial for
look at the big picture. For example, the
Sung-Gak, a novelist, environmentalist
the environment. So, does producing
cause of global warming exists in plant
and a director of research of Grass
only foods for vegan diets the perfect
factory-like agriculture too. According
Flower Peace Research Institute, in his
answerfortheenvironment?
to the Korea Rural Development
text review “Is Vegetarianism a Cure-all
There is an interesting study by
Administration, as rice fields -- which
andKeyofOurBeautifulFuture?”After
Cranfield University, commissioned by
are significant sources of methane --
much consideration about the vegans, he
the World Wide Fund for Nature, which
expand throughout the world, it cannot
concludes that, “Rather than admiring
warnedthatanincreaseinvegetarianism
be ignored that they too are a cause of
vegetarianism as if it is the only key, I
could result in the collapse of farming.
global warming. Also, among several
admire the mixed diet of Gu-rung tribe
Also, they found meat substitutes were
rice-based nations, including nations in
intheHimalayas.”
more harmful to the environment as
Asia, the amount of methane emissions
they were imported from overseas. The
has been estimated to be from five to
star22sue@hufs.ac.kr
conclusionofthisstudyisthat,“Aswitch
thirty percent of all methane emissions .
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