When it comes to Global warming, being a vegetarian should be turned to as a first resort rather than going more toward the Prius, a car that has been made to cut vehicle emissions in half in an attempt to fight against global warming. Kathy Freston’s article “Vegetarian is the new Prius” caught my eye immediately when choosing an essay for the very fact that, I want Toyota Prius, and also because I’ve tried going vegetarian. Although I see nothing wrong with being a vegetarian, the lifestyle just didn’t work for me.
I do to a certain extent agree with her argument because ever since I took ecology in high school, the environment has been very important to me, and I do what I can to help preserve it. Freston wrote that
President Herbert Hoover promised a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”. She argued that with global warming being an issue, we shouldn’t be focused on the cars but more on the chickens. As Freston notes, the average American does more to reduce global warming emissions by going vegetarian than by switching to a Prius. She followed this statement up with a quote from the United
Nations report on livestock that states “the livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most …show more content…
The author also uses a logical approach when stating facts and percentages from the UN report.
For example, she states that “animal agriculture takes up 70% of all agricultural land and 30% of the total land surface of the planet”. She also states “almost a fifth of global warming emissions come from livestock…that’s more emissions then from all the worlds transportation combined”. Freston somewhat combined her logic with an emotional approach. Although, her argument is a good one it still makes me wonder, if it takes all this machinery to process meat, it would be helpful to know what machinery or products will people have to use to produce and grow a lot more vegetables and fruits?. My guess is that it would be somewhat the same. Also, without protein from meat, how healthy will the people in our world
I do to a certain extent agree with her argument because ever since I took ecology in high school, the environment has been very important to me, and I do what I can to help preserve it. Freston wrote that
President Herbert Hoover promised a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”. She argued that with global warming being an issue, we shouldn’t be focused on the cars but more on the chickens. As Freston notes, the average American does more to reduce global warming emissions by going vegetarian than by switching to a Prius. She followed this statement up with a quote from the United
Nations report on livestock that states “the livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most …show more content…
The author also uses a logical approach when stating facts and percentages from the UN report.
For example, she states that “animal agriculture takes up 70% of all agricultural land and 30% of the total land surface of the planet”. She also states “almost a fifth of global warming emissions come from livestock…that’s more emissions then from all the worlds transportation combined”. Freston somewhat combined her logic with an emotional approach. Although, her argument is a good one it still makes me wonder, if it takes all this machinery to process meat, it would be helpful to know what machinery or products will people have to use to produce and grow a lot more vegetables and fruits?. My guess is that it would be somewhat the same. Also, without protein from meat, how healthy will the people in our world