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Monday, October 22, 2007 12:00 AM

Earth to PETA

Meat is not the No. 1 cause of global warming. Yet our diet is cooking the planet, and one surprising staple turns down the heat.
By Liz Galst

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  • Sunday, October 21, 2007 09:18 PM

    After you've replaced your bulbs with CFBs...

    and taken other steps to reduce your household energy needs, the next step to take is either opting out of car culture or adopting a mostly vegan diet. Either step is going to really alter your lifestyle. For a lot of people, changing what they eat is just going to be easier. Parking the car (or SUV) and relying on public transportation might reduce your global warming impact more than a diet change, but not many people are in a position to choose that (thanks to short-sighted city planning that relies on car culture).

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