Thanks Harriet but I am not after an SUV "solution" - they are indeed an abomination. I simply wish to know in terms of comparative impacts re typical meat versus typical SUV road use, if soemone ahs statistics to back up the vegetraian society's claim - or is it all a false nonsense?

Steve

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Subject: Re: Vegan Versus SUV


Hello Steve, Tom,
One consideration is that is easy to eat less meat, less often, and choose more sustainable meat.  Once you have a SUV it's probably your only car and you are going to use it, and I would guess the percentage you can reduce driving it is less than  in the case of meateating. Harriet

2009/2/20 Wright, Steve <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Forumers,
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> I wonder if someone out there has data to settle a friendly dispute? 
> As part of the events we are holding next week students are beinga 
> sked to consider ways in which behavioural change can affect future 
> climate change so......
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> I suggested that one option is to go vegetarian and quoted an old 
> fiend - an ardent green and obsessive cyclist who once told me, Give 
> me a vegetraian SUV driver anyday than a meat eating bike rider when 
> it comes to reducing carbon emmissions.....
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> I know the vegetraian society have been promoting this line but my 
> colleague heres approach is well they would wouldn't they....
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> So - is there any hard data out there re pro capita impact of someone 
> eating no meat versus someopne who eats meat in terms of total C02 
> emmissions and is the data robust enough to satisfy my friends here 
> who are dubious that giving up meat could be just or even more 
> beneficial as giving up SUV's (I know we would rather have both but 
> this is a debate about ensuring data are well absed) Steve
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