[Greenbuilding] Diet, houses and Climate Change

[Lawrence Lile]

Eating less meat may slow climate change By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical
Writer 
Wed Sep 12, 7:08 PM ET
 
LONDON - Eating less meat could help slow global warming by reducing the
number of livestock and thereby decreasing the amount of methane
flatulence from the animals, scientists said on Thursday. 


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I wonder if one of our energy whizzes would care to tackle this
question:  which does more to counteract global warming - eating no meat
or using 100% renewable energy for your house?  I lay my bets the diet
would be the bigger "bite" [pun intended]




Lawrence Lile, PE, LEED AP
Project Solutions Engineering