Comments for Compassionate Spirit http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog Everything will change Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:24:49 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Comment on Increased Support for the “Livestock and Climate Change” hypothesis by Dan Brook http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2012/02/03/increased-support-for-the-livestock-and-climate-change-hypothesis/#comment-67 Dan Brook Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:24:49 +0000 http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/?p=594#comment-67 This may be the MOST important issue, yet it is unfortunately MOSTLY ignored. We need more articles like this for sure. Please visit my Eco-Eating www.brook.com/veg for more info. This may be the MOST important issue, yet it is unfortunately MOSTLY ignored. We need more articles like this for sure.

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]]> Comment on Increased Support for the “Livestock and Climate Change” hypothesis by Richard Schwartz http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2012/02/03/increased-support-for-the-livestock-and-climate-change-hypothesis/#comment-59 Richard Schwartz Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:11:34 +0000 http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/?p=594#comment-59 Kudos to Keith Akers for this important article. And kudos to Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang for their very important analysis and follow ups. At a time when the world seems rapidly heading toward a climate catastrophe, it is urgent there be increased awareness of the VERY significant contributions of animal-based agriculture to climate change and other environmental threats to all of humanity. Kudos to Keith Akers for this important article. And kudos to Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang for their very important analysis and follow ups. At a time when the world seems rapidly heading toward a climate catastrophe, it is urgent there be increased awareness of the VERY significant contributions of animal-based agriculture to climate change and other environmental threats to all of humanity.

]]> Comment on Increased Support for the “Livestock and Climate Change” hypothesis by REDD in the news: 30 January - 5 February 2012 | redd-monitor.org http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2012/02/03/increased-support-for-the-livestock-and-climate-change-hypothesis/#comment-37 REDD in the news: 30 January - 5 February 2012 | redd-monitor.org Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:46:50 +0000 http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/?p=594#comment-37 [...] Increased Support for the “Livestock and Climate Change” hypothesis [...] [...] Increased Support for the “Livestock and Climate Change” hypothesis [...]

]]> Comment on The “Renewables Gap” by Harder than it looks | Compassionate Spirit http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2009/11/29/the-renewables-gap/#comment-26 Harder than it looks | Compassionate Spirit Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:13:24 +0000 http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/?p=89#comment-26 [...] We can’t just “flip the switch” and go to a renewable energy economy. There’s a huge “renewables gap.” While the EROEI (energy return on energy invested) for a renewable energy infrastructure of solar [...] [...] We can’t just “flip the switch” and go to a renewable energy economy. There’s a huge “renewables gap.” While the EROEI (energy return on energy invested) for a renewable energy infrastructure of solar [...]

]]> Comment on Vegetarians, Meet Peak Oil by The Ecological Footprint of Information | Compassionate Spirit http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2009/11/06/vegetarians-meet-peak-oil/#comment-25 The Ecological Footprint of Information | Compassionate Spirit Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:09:59 +0000 http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/?p=70#comment-25 [...] Computers also require materials; among other things, supplies of cadmium, lead, and mercury. Not only are these highly toxic, but they are increasingly rare. Allowing a very modest 2% growth rate in production and known reserves, we have 20 years of cadmium left, 24 years of mercury, and 19 years of lead. (Taking out the 2% growth extends the life of these reserves 4 to 6 years.) In the past we’ve been able to expand our metal reserves by using cheap energy to blast our way through lower-quality ores. But now our energy supplies themselves are depleting. [...] [...] Computers also require materials; among other things, supplies of cadmium, lead, and mercury. Not only are these highly toxic, but they are increasingly rare. Allowing a very modest 2% growth rate in production and known reserves, we have 20 years of cadmium left, 24 years of mercury, and 19 years of lead. (Taking out the 2% growth extends the life of these reserves 4 to 6 years.) In the past we’ve been able to expand our metal reserves by using cheap energy to blast our way through lower-quality ores. But now our energy supplies themselves are depleting. [...]

]]> Comment on Respiration Revisited by “Livestock and Climate Change” and Soil Organisms | Compassionate Spirit http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2009/11/12/respiration-revisited/#comment-24 “Livestock and Climate Change” and Soil Organisms | Compassionate Spirit Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:47:59 +0000 http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/?p=76#comment-24 [...] The real question is, does livestock respiration displace something else that was already doing the oxidation, or are they an additional source of net oxidation? (This objection is analogous to a similar one, that livestock displace wildlife.) [...] [...] The real question is, does livestock respiration displace something else that was already doing the oxidation, or are they an additional source of net oxidation? (This objection is analogous to a similar one, that livestock displace wildlife.) [...]

]]> Comment on “Livestock and Climate Change” and Soil Organisms by Scaling up the Methane emissions for Livestock? | Compassionate Spirit http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2010/03/16/livestock-and-climate-change-and-soil-organisms/#comment-23 Scaling up the Methane emissions for Livestock? | Compassionate Spirit Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:44:34 +0000 http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/?p=141#comment-23 [...] and Stephen Walsh discussed on March 16, March 25, March 27, and March 29 A key cause of climate [...] [...] and Stephen Walsh discussed on March 16, March 25, March 27, and March 29 A key cause of climate [...]

]]> Comment on Does Grass-Fed Beef Help Sequester Carbon? by Climate Change and the Recent Increase in Livestock | Compassionate Spirit http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2010/02/27/does-grass-fed-beef-help-sequester-carbon/#comment-22 Climate Change and the Recent Increase in Livestock | Compassionate Spirit Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:41:47 +0000 http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/?p=136#comment-22 [...] unfriendly (and cruel) factory farm system will probably generate fewer GHG emissions because grass-fed beef creates more methane than grain-fed beef. Walsh is rightly concerned about this — he fears that an “environmentally correct” [...] [...] unfriendly (and cruel) factory farm system will probably generate fewer GHG emissions because grass-fed beef creates more methane than grain-fed beef. Walsh is rightly concerned about this — he fears that an “environmentally correct” [...]

]]> Comment on Climate Change and the Recent Increase in Livestock by Livestock — A Problem or an Opportunity Lost? | Compassionate Spirit http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2010/03/27/climate-change-and-the-recent-increase-in-livestock/#comment-21 Livestock — A Problem or an Opportunity Lost? | Compassionate Spirit Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:40:44 +0000 http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/?p=154#comment-21 [...] New ← Climate Change and the Recent Increase in Livestock Jesus in the Temple [...] [...] New ← Climate Change and the Recent Increase in Livestock Jesus in the Temple [...]

]]> Comment on Scaling up the Methane emissions for Livestock? by Livestock — A Problem or an Opportunity Lost? | Compassionate Spirit http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2010/03/25/scaling-up-the-methane-emissions-for-livestock/#comment-20 Livestock — A Problem or an Opportunity Lost? | Compassionate Spirit Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:37:43 +0000 http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/?p=151#comment-20 [...] and Stephen Walsh discussed on March 16, March 25, March 27, and March 29 A key cause of climate [...] [...] and Stephen Walsh discussed on March 16, March 25, March 27, and March 29 A key cause of climate [...]

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