Author : David Mason-Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646531373
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (313 download)
Book Synopsis Should Meat Be on the Menu? by : David Mason-Jones
Download or read book Should Meat Be on the Menu? written by David Mason-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHOULD MEAT BE ON THE MENU? explores the widely held view that farm livestock are responsible for an enormous net production of new global warming gases. It asserts that, on the contrary, livestock are part of a closed atmospheric carbon cycle where the carbon they emit is equal to the carbon they take in. More than that, the book relates how livestock can play a part in reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Living things which incorporate carbon, and exchange carbon as part of their living processes, are related to a natural carbon cycle which occurs in the atmosphere, not the ground. Non living carbon consumers - such as power stations - source their carbon from the ground and emit it to the air. The book addresses the methane issue and moves on to introduce the idea that plants and animals, acting together, can be the facilitators of a huge drawdown of excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In short the book contains information that every foodie, farmer and environmentalist needs to know about livestock and global warming gases.