The 5 Best Foods for the Environment--and the 5 Worst

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21. I'm just pointing out the environmental and the humane impacts on food animals

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and wildlife. Being oblivious to these is not something I expect to find in DU and especially in the E&E group either.

Being opposed to pets is not something one would expect to run into here.

We are going to have to live differently and make some very hard choices if we are going to save much of this planet for the dwindling number of species, including our own and our favorite animals, that are left.

there is an abundance of wildlife where I live

OMG, since we have a few reserves for wildlife, it's all OK? Insect populations declining like 8% a decade or whatever the number is? Fish in the ocean down like 90% in 50 years?

There's plenty of pets around where I live too, and food animals too nearby -- there are charts where humans, food animals, and our companion animals have replaced more than 90% of the animal mass that was on this planet.

BTW, I'm not opposed to pets, I just think that we should consider their environmental and humane impact that go along with our choices whether it be our pets or our transportation or our energy use or what kind of food we eat.

If I had kids, I'd probably break down and get a dog. I can't imagine what my childhood would have been like without a dog. It would certainly be an agonizing choice. But as far as my own needs and desires, I've decided to restrain myself.

And DU is a site that has a forum entirely devoted to Pets and another for Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights - while LOL Cats is generally the most popular thread of the week

There are also forums for automobile enthusiasts and travel too. I'm not opposed to either of these. But as a DU member and as a frequent E&E Group participant, I make choices to put personal limits on both of these choices as much as I can, and to acknowledge the environmental impact of all of my choices. What is popular is often not what is best for our environment or our fellow inhabitants of all kinds on this planet.

Many of us on DU and the E&E Group have made choices to limit the number of children we have for environmental reasons. That doesn't make us anti-children or anti-people. Quite the opposite.