Al Gore goes vegan, with little fanfare

[frazzled]

27. I never assumed it

Mostly, because I sort of think you don't get that heavy (to put it politely) on a vegan diet.

I'm not sure where the vegan aspect has all that much environmental impact. Milk and cheese and eggs can be gotten with relatively little carbon footprint (from certain local, carefully produced sources). It's not like the production of seitan or soy milk has no environmental impact. Indeed, this article asks a lot of relevant questions about the milk cow vs. soy issue: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_green_lantern/2008/07/cows_or_beans.html

Still: the fanfare issue is not resolved. What people eat should never be accompanied by "fanfare."

Disclosure: while I understand vegetarianism (both my kids are vegetarians, and although I am not, I daresay I prepare and eat more vegetables than almost all the vegetarians I know), I'm not a fan of veganism, either for environmental or health reasons.